Polarization-operator approach to optical signatures of axion-like particles in strong laser pulses

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2017.03.043MaRDI QIDQ2404686zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 19 September 2017

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.07952

zbMATH Keywords

axion-like particlesbeyond the Standard Modellaser fieldsvacuum polarization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22)

Abstract: Hypothetical oscillations of probe photons into axion-like particles might be revealed by exploiting the strong fields of high-intensity laser pulses. Considering an arbitrary plane-wave background, we determine the polarization tensor induced by the quantum fluctuations of the axion field and use it to calculate how the polarimetric properties of an initially linear-polarized probe beam are modified. We find that various experimental setups based on contemporary facilities and instrumentation might lead to new exclusion bounds on the parameter space of these particle candidates. The impact of the pulse shape on the discovery potential is studied via a comparison between the cases in which the wave is modulated by a Gaussian envelope and a $si{n}^2$ profile. This analysis shows that the upper limits resulting from the ellipticity are relatively insensitive to this change, whereas those arising from the rotation of the polarization plane turn out to be more dependent on the field shape.

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