SEARCH FOR NEARLY MASSLESS, WEAKLY COUPLED PARTICLES BY OPTICAL TECHNIQUES

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作者
CAMERON, R
CANTATORE, G
MELISSINOS, AC
RUOSO, G
SEMERTZIDIS, Y
HALAMA, HJ
LAZARUS, DM
PRODELL, AG
NEZRICK, F
RIZZO, C
ZAVATTINI, E
机构
[1] UNIV ROCHESTER,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
[2] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,UPTON,NY 11973
[3] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[4] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
[5] UNIV TRIESTE,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1993年 / 47卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.47.3707
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We have searched for light scalar and/or pseudoscalar particles that couple to two photons by studying the propagation of a laser beam (lambda=514 nm) through a transverse magnetic field. A limit of 3.5 X 10(-10) rad was set on a possible optical rotation of the beam polarization for an effective path length of 2.2 km in a 3.25 T magnetic field. We find that the coupling g(alphagammagamma) < 3.6 X 10(-7) GeV-1 at the 95% confidence level, provided m(a) < 10(-3) eV. Similar limits can be set from the absence of ellipticity in the transmitted beam. We also searched for photon regeneration in a magnetic field and found the limit g(alphagammagamma) < 6.7 X 10(-7) GeV-1 for the same range of particle mass.
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页码:3707 / 3725
页数:19
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