Positronium Collapse and the Maximum Magnetic Field in Pure QED

A. E. Shabad and V. V. Usov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 180401 – Published 8 May 2006

Abstract

A maximum value for the magnetic field is determined, which provides the full compensation of the positronium rest mass by the binding energy in the maximum symmetry state and disappearance of the energy gap separating the electron-positron system from the vacuum. The compensation becomes possible owing to the falling to the center phenomenon. The maximum magnetic field may be related to the vacuum and describe its structure.

  • Received 19 January 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.180401

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. E. Shabad1 and V. V. Usov2

  • 1P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow 117924, Russia
  • 2Center for Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

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Vol. 96, Iss. 18 — 12 May 2006

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