Strong field vacuum birefringence in plane wave pulses
dc.contributor.author | King, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Heinzl, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Blackburn, TG | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T14:45:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T14:45:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1434-6044 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1434-6052 | |
dc.identifier.other | 901 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/21574 | |
dc.description.abstract |
By combining an adiabatic approach based on a ‘locally monochromatic’ approximation with a local Hilbert transform, it is demonstrated how vacuum birefringence in the strong field regime can be calculated using a rate approach suitable for Monte Carlo simulation codes. Results for the flipping of the photon’s polarisation (helicity) are benchmarked with evaluation of exact expressions in a circularly (linearly) polarised plane wave of finite extent. For the circularly polarised case, the Heisenberg–Euler approach predicts a null result; an approximation similar to the ‘locally constant’ form is presented, which recovers the correct low-energy scaling. Example probabilities are given for typical experimental parameters. | |
dc.format.extent | 901- | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | |
dc.subject | 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics | |
dc.subject | 5101 Astronomical Sciences | |
dc.subject | 5102 Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics | |
dc.subject | 51 Physical Sciences | |
dc.title | Strong field vacuum birefringence in plane wave pulses | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Article | |
plymouth.issue | 10 | |
plymouth.volume | 83 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published online | |
plymouth.journal | The European Physical Journal C | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12074-w | |
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 | |
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dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-09-24 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-11-04T14:45:42Z | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2023-11-7 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1434-6052 | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12074-w |