Axions and ``light shining through a wall: A detailed theoretical analysis

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2008.02.001zbMATH Open1151.81047arXiv0801.4739OpenAlexW2093765532MaRDI QIDQ952580FDOQ952580

Authors: B. E. Eshmatov 

Publication date: 12 November 2008

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a detailed study of axion-photon and photon-axion conversion amplitudes, which enter the analysis of ``light shining through a wall experiments. Several different calculational methods are employed and compared, and in all cases we retain a nonzero axion mass. To leading order, we find that when the photon frequency $omega$ is very close to the axion mass $m$, there is a threshold cusp which significantly enhances the photon to axion conversion amplitude, by a factor $omega/sqrtomeg{a}^2-m^2$ relative to the corresponding axion to photon conversion process. When $m=0$, the enhancement factor reduces to unity and the results of previous calculations are recovered. Our calculations include an exact wave matching analysis, which shows how unitarity is maintained near threshold at $omega=m$, and a discussion of the case when the magnetic field extends into the ``wall region.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4739

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zbMATH Keywords

axionGreen function methodaxion-photon conversionlight shining through a wallphoton-axion conversionwave matching methodWKB/eikonal method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80)

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