Radiative Corrections to the Stefan-Boltzmann Law
| dc.creator | Ravndal, Finn | |
| dc.date | 1997-09-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:02:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:02:21Z | |
| dc.description | Photons in blackbody radiation have non-zero interactions due to their couplings to virtual electron-positron pairs in the vacuum. For temperatures much less than the electron mass $m$ these effects can be described by an effective theory incorporating the Uehling and Euler-Heisenberg interactions as dominant terms. By a redefinition of the electromagnetic field, the Uehling term is shown not to contribute. The Stefan-Boltzmann energy is then modified by a term proportional with $T^8/m^4$ in agreement with the semi-classical result of Barton. The same effects give a speed of light smaller than one at non-zero temperatures as has also recently been derived using full QED. | |
| dc.description | 5 pages, LaTeX with 2 figures. Contributed talk at "Strong and Electroweak Matter '97", Eger, Hungary, May 21-25, 1997 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9709220 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9709220 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/47194 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Radiative Corrections to the Stefan-Boltzmann Law | |
| dc.type | text |