Relativistic Nonlinear Electrodynamics The QED Vacuum and Matter in

This revised edition of the author’s classic 2006 text offers a comprehensively updated review of the field of relativistic nonlinear electrodynamics. It explores the interaction of strong and super-strong electromagnetic/laser radiation with the ele

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Hamlet K. Avetissian

Relativistic Nonlinear Electrodynamics The QED Vacuum and Matter in Super-Strong Radiation Fields Second Edition

Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics Volume 88

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Hamlet K. Avetissian

Relativistic Nonlinear Electrodynamics The QED Vacuum and Matter in Super-Strong Radiation Fields Second Edition

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Hamlet K. Avetissian Yerevan State University Yerevan Armenia

Previously published as volume 120 in Springer Series in Optical Sciences, ISBN 978-0-387-30070-2. ISSN 1615-5653 ISSN 2197-6791 (electronic) Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics ISBN 978-3-319-26382-3 ISBN 978-3-319-26384-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26384-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015955599 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2006, 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publica