Exact evaluation and extrapolation of the divergent expansion for the Heisenberg-Euler Lagrangian I: Alternating Case

Abstract

We applied the method of finite-part integration [Galapon E.A Proc.R.Soc A 473, 20160567(2017)] to evaluate in closed-form the exact one-loop integral representations of the Heisenberg-Euler Lagrangian from QED for a constant magnetic field and magnetic-like self-dual background. We also devise a prescription based on the finite-part integration of a generalized Stieltjes integral to sum and extrapolate to the strong-field regime the alternating divergent weak-field expansions of the Heisenberg-Euler Lagrangians.