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Effective Lagrangian at Cubic Order in Electromagnetic Fields and Vacuum Birefringence

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v3 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The effective Lagrangian of electromagnetic fields at the cubic order in field strength has been considered. This generalized Lagrangian is motivated by electrodynamics on non-commutative spaces. We find the canonical and symmetrical energy-momentum tensors and show that they possess non-zero traces. The propagation of a linearly polarized laser beam in the external transverse magnetic field is investigated. We evaluate the induced ellipticity which allows us to obtain a constraint on parameters introduced from the PVLAS experimental data.

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@article{arxiv.0705.0133,
  title  = {Effective Lagrangian at Cubic Order in Electromagnetic Fields and Vacuum Birefringence},
  author = {S. I. Kruglov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.0133},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages, no figures, added note, published version