Vacuum birefringence in high-energy laser-electron collisions
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2016-12-07 v1
Abstract
Real photon-photon scattering is a long-predicted phenomenon that is being searched for in experiment in the form of a birefringent vacuum at optical and X-ray frequencies. We present results of calculations and numerical simulations for a scenario to measure this effect using multi-MeV photons generated in the collision of electrons with a laser pulse. We find that the birefringence of the vacuum should be measurable using experimental parameters attainable in the near future.
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@article{arxiv.1603.06946,
title = {Vacuum birefringence in high-energy laser-electron collisions},
author = {B. King and N. Elkina},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.06946},
year = {2016}
}
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6 pages, 7 figures