Polarization effects in light-by-light scattering: Euler-Heisenberg versus Born-Infeld

DOI10.1142/S0217751X17500531zbMATH Open1364.81245arXiv1701.07375OpenAlexW3103270199MaRDI QIDQ5268030FDOQ5268030

Authors: Anton Rebhan, G. Turk 

Publication date: 14 June 2017

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The angular dependence of the differential cross section of unpolarized light-by-light scattering summed over final polarizations is the same in any low-energy effective theory of quantum electrodynamics and also in Born-Infeld electrodynamics. In this paper we derive general expressions for polarization-dependent low-energy scattering amplitudes, including a hypothetical parity-violating situation. These are evaluated for quantum electrodynamics with charged scalar or spinor particles, which give strikingly different polarization effects. Ordinary quantum electrodynamics is found to exhibit rather intricate polarization patterns for linear polarizations, whereas supersymmetric quantum electrodynamics and Born-Infeld electrodynamics give particularly simple forms.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.07375

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zbMATH Keywords

Born-Infeld electrodynamicsQEDlight-by-light scattering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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