Minicharged particles search by strong laser pulse-induced vacuum polarization effects

Laser-based searches of the yet unobserved vacuum birefringence might be sensitive for very light hypothetical particles carrying a tiny fraction of the electron charge. We show that, with the help of contemporary techniques, polarimetric investigations driven by an optical laser pulse of moderate i...

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Main Authors: S. Villalba-Chávez, S. Meuren, C. Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269316306463