Axion detection by ring lasers
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2016-09-01 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
A ring-laser experiment, similar to the Canterbury ring laser, to detect axion- and {\sc qed}-induced vacuum birefringence is proposed. It uses a slowly modulated magnetic field and a novel polarization geometry. Both axion coupling and vacuum birefringence would modulate the Sagnac beat frequency. A null result could place sensitive bounds on the axion mass and on two-photon coupling.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9502256,
title = {Axion detection by ring lasers},
author = {L. Cooper and G. E. Stedman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9502256},
year = {2016}
}
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9 pages, LaTeX, 4 figures available upon request