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Stochastic Electrodynamics: Methods and Results

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Part of the book series: International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ((CISM,volume 261))

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Stochastic Electrodynamics (SED) is a classical theory of particles and fields. The difference with respect to usual Electrodynamics is the assumption of a universal stochastic electromagnetic field (“background” field or “zero-point” field), which could be conceived as a classical counterpart to the vacuum field of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED). Thus this stochastic field (uniform and isotropic) has zero mean and spectral density [1–4].

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Claverie, P. (1980). Stochastic Electrodynamics: Methods and Results. In: Blaquiére, A., Fer, F., Marzollo, A. (eds) Dynamical Systems and Microphysics. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 261. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4330-8_7

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