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Consequences of Dirac Theory of the Positron

W. Heisenberg, H. Euler

physics.hist-pharXiv:physics/0605038

Abstract

According to Dirac's theory of the positron, an electromagnetic field tends to create pairs of particles which leads to a change of Maxwell's equations in the vacuum. These changes are calculated in the special case that no real electrons or positrons are present and the field varies little over a Compton wavelength.

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