Using the nonlinear Breit-Wheeler process to test nonlinear vacuum birefringence
| dc.contributor.author | Borysov, O | |
| dc.contributor.author | Heinemann, B | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ilderton, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | King, Ben | |
| dc.contributor.author | Potylitsyn, A | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-14T10:06:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-14T10:06:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12-01 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2470-0010 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2470-0029 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 116015 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/20331 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
Quantum electrodynamics predicts that the quantum vacuum is birefringent, but due to the very small cross-section this is yet to be confirmed by experiment. Vacuum birefringence arises as the elastic part of photon-photon scattering; the inelastic part is Breit-Wheeler pair production. We outline how measurements of the photon-polarized nonlinear Breit-Wheeler process can be used to infer a measurement of all-order, nonlinear vacuum birefringence. As an example scenario, we calculate the accuracy of such a measurement for parameters anticipated at upcoming laser-particle experiments. | |
| dc.format.extent | 116015- | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society (APS) | |
| dc.title | Using the nonlinear Breit-Wheeler process to test nonlinear vacuum birefringence | |
| dc.type | journal-article | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| plymouth.issue | 11 | |
| plymouth.volume | 106 | |
| plymouth.publication-status | Published online | |
| plymouth.journal | Physical Review D | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/physrevd.106.116015 | |
| plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
| plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
| plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics | |
| plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
| plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/EXTENDED UoA 10 - Mathematical Sciences | |
| plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA10 Mathematical Sciences | |
| plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
| plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
| plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Researchers in ResearchFish submission | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-12-01 | |
| dc.rights.embargodate | 2023-2-15 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2470-0029 | |
| dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
| rioxxterms.funder | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | |
| rioxxterms.identifier.project | Quantum phenomena in high-intensity laser-matter interactions | |
| rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1103/physrevd.106.116015 | |
| rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
| plymouth.funder | Quantum phenomena in high-intensity laser-matter interactions::Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
