Drift effect on vacuum birefringence in a strong electric and magnetic field

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/3/034201

Abstract

As an important QED effect to detect the vacuum polarization, birefringence in the presence of a strong electric and magnetic field, E₀⊥B₀,E₀≤cB₀, is considered. The directional dependence of birefringence is obtained. In two special cases: E₀ = 0 and E₀ = cB₀, our results are consistent with the previous ones. The refractive index of the probe wave propagating in the E₀×B₀ direction decreases with E₀/cB₀, while that in the -E₀×B₀ direction increases with E₀/cB₀. The physics of the direction dependence of birefringence maybe the E₀×B₀ drift velocity of the virtual electrons and positrons.

Keywords: vacuum birefringence critical Schwinger field refractive index E× B drift

Received: 27 August 2014
Revised: 30 January 2015
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PACS:	42.25.Bs	(Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)
	42.50.&ndash
	p
	03.70.+k	(Theory of quantized fields)
	42.50.Pq	(Cavity quantum electrodynamics; micromasers)

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Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB808104) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11105233).

Corresponding Authors: Huang Yong-Sheng
E-mail: huangyongs@gmail.com

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Huang Yong-Sheng (黄永盛), Wang Nai-Yan (王乃彦), Tang Xiu-Zhang (汤秀章) Drift effect on vacuum birefringence in a strong electric and magnetic field 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 034201

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