Two-Loop Euler-Heisenberg QED Pair-Production Rate
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چکیده
We study the divergence of large-order perturbation theory in the worldline expression for the two-loop Euler-Heisenberg QED eeective Lagrangian in a constant magnetic eld. The leading rate of divergence is identical, up to an overall factor, to that of the one-loop case. From this we deduce, using Borel summation techniques, that the leading behaviour of the imaginary part of the two-loop eeective Lagrangian for a constant E eld, giving the pair-production rate, is proportional to the one-loop result. This also serves as a test of the mass renormalization, and connrms the earlier analysis by Ritus.
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