The bound states problem in quantum electrodynamics and vacuum polarization effects in muonic atoms

Abstract

Quantum electrodynamic bound states in strong electromagnetic fields are considered. It is shown that the dynamics of the system can not be described completely in the adiabatic S-matrix approach. Vacuum polarization effects in muonic atoms are studied using the paradigm of generalized quantum dynamics. This approach leads to additional correction terms. © 2010 Allerton Press, Inc.