Quantum electrodynamics

Quantum field theory of electromagnetism

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2019
Schwinger limit
The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider announces the first definitive observation of photon-photon scattering in lead ion collisions, producing electromagnetic fields well in excess of the Schwinger limit.

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