Prospects for studying vacuum polarisation using dipole and synchrotron radiation
Journal article, 2016

The measurement of vacuum polarisation effects, in particular vacuum birefringence, using combined optical and X-ray laser pulses are now actively pursued. Here we briefly examine the feasibility of two alternative set-ups. The first utilises an alternative target, namely a converging dipole pulse, and the second uses an alternative probe, namely the synchrotron-like emission from highly energetic particles, themselves interacting with a laser pulse. The latter set-up has been proposed for experiments at ELI-NP.

Author

Antony Ilderton

Chalmers, Physics, Theoretical Physics

Mattias Marklund

Chalmers, Physics, Theoretical Physics

Journal of Plasma Physics

0022-3778 (ISSN) 1469-7807 (eISSN)

Vol. 82 2 655820201- 655820201

Subject Categories

Subatomic Physics

Physical Sciences

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics

Roots

Basic sciences

DOI

10.1017/S0022377816000192

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