AXION DETECTION BY RING LASERS

Authors
COOPER L STEDMAN GE
Citation
L. Cooper et Ge. Stedman, AXION DETECTION BY RING LASERS, Physics letters. Section B, 357(3), 1995, pp. 464-468
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
357
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
464 - 468
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)357:3<464:ADBRL>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
ring-laser experiment, similar to the Canterbury ring laser, to detect axion- and QED-induced vacuum birefringence is proposed. It uses a sl owly modulated magnetic field and a novel polarization geometry. Both axion coupling and vacuum birefringence would modulate the Sagnac beat frequency. A null result could place sensitive bounds on the axion ma ss and on two-photon coupling.