Photon splitting in atomic fields

DOI10.1016/S0370-1573(02)00030-3zbMATH Open1001.81549OpenAlexW2068576500MaRDI QIDQ1850402FDOQ1850402

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 3 December 2002

Published in Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0111447

zbMATH Keywords

quasiclassical approximationlowest-order perturbation theorynonlinear \(Q\) processes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: Photon splitting due to vacuum polarization in the electric field of an atom is considered. We survey different theoretical approaches to the description of this nonlinear QED process and several attempts of its experimental observation. We present the results of the lowest-order perturbation theory as well as those obtained within the quasiclassical approximation being exact in the external field strength. The experiment where photon splitting was really observed for the first time is discussed in details. The results of this experiment are compared with recent theoretical estimations.

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Cites work

• Photon Splitting in a Nuclear Electrostatic Field

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