Abstract
The one-loop vacuum polarization tensor is computed in QED with an external, constant, homogeneous magnetic field at finite temperature. The Schwinger proper-time formalism is used and the computations are done in Euclidian space. The well-known results are recovered when the temperature and/or the magnetic field are switched off and the effect of the magnetic field on the Debye screening is discussed.
- Received 10 October 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.63.073010
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