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Comment on "Experimental Observation of Optical Rotation Generated in Vacuum by a Magnetic Field"

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1
Authors: Adrian C. Melissinos
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Abstract

We point out that recent claims of the detection of a light pseudoscalar/scalar (axion-like) particle [1,2] are excluded at the 95% level by an earlier experiment [3].

Keywords

axion-like particle pseudoscalar optical rotation vacuum birefringence experimental exclusion

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0702135,
  title  = {Comment on "Experimental Observation of Optical Rotation Generated in Vacuum by a Magnetic Field"},
  author = {Adrian C. Melissinos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0702135},
  year   = {2007}
}

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3 pages, 2 figures

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