Enhancement of vacuum polarization effects in a plasma
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2018-08-01 v3
Abstract
The dispersive effects of vacuum polarization on the propagation of a strong circularly polarized electromagnetic wave through a cold collisional plasma are studied analytically. It is found that, due to the singular dielectric features of the plasma, the vacuum effects on the wave propagation in a plasma are qualitatively different and much larger than those in pure vacuum in the regime when the frequency of the propagating wave approaches the plasma frequency. A possible experimental setup to detect these effects in plasma is described.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0606059,
title = {Enhancement of vacuum polarization effects in a plasma},
author = {A. Di Piazza and K. Z. Hatsagortsyan and C. H. Keitel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0606059},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
33 pages, 3 figures