New laboratory technique for measuring the photon charge

被引:8
作者
Semertzidis, YK [1 ]
Danby, GT [1 ]
Lazarus, DM [1 ]
机构
[1] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2003年 / 67卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.67.017701
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
A measurement of the deflection of a laser beam in a modulated magnetic field with a prototype apparatus has produced an upper limit on the charge of the photon of 8.5x10(-17)e. It is shown that an improved apparatus could attain a sensitivity of 10(-21)e.
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