On the Observation of Vacuum Birefringence

Details On the Observation of Vacuum Birefringence On the Observation of Vacuum Birefringence

2006-01-10

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0601076v1

Opt.Commun. 267 (2006) 318-321

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.optcom.2006.06.053

We suggest an experiment to observe vacuum birefringence induced by intense laser fields. A high-intensity laser pulse is focused to ultra-relativistic intensity and polarizes the vacuum which then acts like a birefringent medium. The latter is probed by a linearly polarized x-ray pulse. We calculate the resulting ellipticity signal within strong-field QED assuming Gaussian beams. The laser technology required for detecting the signal will be available within the next three years.

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