External Fields as a Probe for Fundamental Physics

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2007-11-08

arxiv.org/abs/0711.1337v1

J.Phys.A41:164039,2008

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

12 pages, plenary talk at QFEXT07, Leipzig, September 2007

Scientific paper

10.1088/1751-8113/41/16/164039

Quantum vacuum experiments are becoming a flexible tool for investigating fundamental physics. They are particularly powerful for searching for new light but weakly interacting degrees of freedom and are thus complementary to accelerator-driven experiments. I review recent developments in this field, focusing on optical experiments in strong electromagnetic fields. In order to characterize potential optical signatures, I discuss various low-energy effective actions which parameterize the interaction of particle-physics candidates with optical photons and external electromagnetic fields. Experiments with an electromagnetized quantum vacuum and optical probes do not only have the potential to collect evidence for new physics, but special-purpose setups can also distinguish between different particle-physics scenarios and extract information about underlying microscopic properties.

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