Influence of a perfectly conducting plate on the Uehling potential of QED
Abstract In this work, we investigate the influence of a perfectly conducting plate on the Uehling potential of quantum electrodynamics (QED), corresponding to the first loop correction to the classical Coulomb potential in that situation. We use the method of images adapted to the photon propagator, extending the method beyond the standard (classical) tree level calculation. We show that the effect of the plate on the quantum correction is much stronger than the expectation from a naive application of the method of images.
Authors
- Thales Azevedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6195-4798)
- F. A. Barone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7230-4087)
- C. Farina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0402-3723)
- Reinaldo de Melo e Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6806-4567)
- Gabriel Zarpelon
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Universidade Federal Fluminense (BR)
- FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CZ)
- Universidade Federal de Itajubá (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The European Physical Journal C
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14773-y
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00