Quantum Reflection as a New Signature of Quantum Vacuum Nonlinearity
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2013-08-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We show that photons subject to a spatially inhomogeneous electromagnetic field can experience quantum reflection. Based on this observation, we propose quantum reflection as a novel means to probe the nonlinearity of the quantum vacuum in the presence of strong electromagnetic fields.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1305.2320,
title = {Quantum Reflection as a New Signature of Quantum Vacuum Nonlinearity},
author = {Holger Gies and Felix Karbstein and Nico Seegert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.2320},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
9 pages, 1 figure; some clarifications added, matches journal version