Testing PVLAS axions with resonant photon splitting
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v2 Astrophysics
Abstract
The photon splitting gamma -> gamma gamma in a time-independent and inhomogeneous magnetized background is considered when neutral and ultralight spin-0 particles are coupled to two-photons. Depending on the inhomogeneity scale of the external field, resonant photon splitting can occur. If an optical laser crosses a magnetic field of few Tesla with typical inhomogeneity scale of the order of the meter, a potentially observable rate of photon splittings is expected for the PVLAS range of couplings and masses.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0702197,
title = {Testing PVLAS axions with resonant photon splitting},
author = {Emidio Gabrielli and Massimo Giovannini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0702197},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages, 2 included eps figures, two references added, minor typos corrected