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Second Order Corrections to QED Coupling at Low Temperature

Samina S. Masood, Mahnaz Q. Haseeb

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0612136

Abstract

We calculate the second order corrections to vacuum polarization tensor of photons at low temperatures, i.e; T 1010 K (T << me). The thermal contributions to the QED coupling constant are evaluated at temperatures below the electron mass that is T< me . Renormalization of QED at these temperatures has explicitly been checked. The electromagnetic properties of such a thermal medium are modified. Parameters like electric permittivity and magnetic permeability of such a medium are no more constant and become functions of temperature.

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