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Quantum effects of the interaction of elementary particles with an intense electromagnetic field

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Based on a dissertation required to obtain the degree of Doctor of Physicomathematical Sciences [104], and supplemented by Secs. 34–40 and by Appendix B.

Translated from Trudy Ordena Lenina Fizicheskogo Instituta im. P. N. Lebedeva Akad. Nauk SSSR, Vol. 111, pp. 5–151, 1979.

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Ritus, V.I. Quantum effects of the interaction of elementary particles with an intense electromagnetic field. J Russ Laser Res 6, 497–617 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01120220

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