Experimental observation of optical rotation generated in vacuum by a magnetic field Export

@misc{citeulike:756871, abstract = {We report the experimental observation of a light polarization rotation in vacuum in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. Assuming that data distribution is Gaussian, the average measured rotation is (3.9+/-0.5)e-12 rad/pass, at 5 T with 44000 passes through a 1m long magnet, with lambda = 1064 nm. The relevance of this result in terms of the existence of a light, neutral, spin-zero particle is discussed.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Zavattini, E. and Zavattini, G. and Ruoso, G. and Polacco, E. and Milotti, E. and Karuza, M. and Gastaldi, U. and Di Domenico, G. and Della Valle, F. and Cimino, R. and Carusotto, S. and Cantatore, G. and Bregant, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {756871}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0507107}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ex/0507107}, day = {8}, eprint = {hep-ex/0507107}, keywords = {axion, physics, qm}, month = {Feb}, posted-at = {2006-07-13 12:16:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Experimental observation of optical rotation generated in vacuum by a magnetic field}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0507107}, year = {2006} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:756871 L3 - citeulike-article-id:756871 N2 - We report the experimental observation of a light polarization rotation in vacuum in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. Assuming that data distribution is Gaussian, the average measured rotation is (3.9+/-0.5)e-12 rad/pass, at 5 T with 44000 passes through a 1m long magnet, with lambda = 1064 nm. The relevance of this result in terms of the existence of a light, neutral, spin-zero particle is discussed. TI - Experimental observation of optical rotation generated in vacuum by a magnetic field KW - axion KW - physics KW - qm AU - Zavattini, E AU - Zavattini, G AU - Ruoso, G AU - Polacco, E AU - Milotti, E AU - Karuza, M AU - Gastaldi, U AU - Di Domenico, G AU - Della Valle, F AU - Cimino, R AU - Carusotto, S AU - Cantatore, G AU - Bregant, M PY - 2006/Feb/08/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0507107 ER -