The Discovery Potential of Laser Polarization Experiments
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-07-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Currently, a number of experiments are searching for vacuum magnetic birefringence and dichroism, i.e. for dispersive and absorptive features in the propagation of polarized light along a transverse magnetic field in vacuum. In this note we calculate the Standard Model contributions to these signatures, thereby illuminating the discovery potential of such experiments in the search for new physics. We discuss the three main sources for a Standard Model contribution to a dichroism signal: photon splitting, neutrino pair production and production of gravitons.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0812.3150,
title = {The Discovery Potential of Laser Polarization Experiments},
author = {Markus Ahlers and Joerg Jaeckel and Andreas Ringwald},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.3150},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, uses axodraw.sty