Intrinsic mirror noise in Fabry–Perot based polarimeters: the case for the measurement of vacuum magnetic birefringence

Abstract Although experimental efforts have been active for about 30 years, a direct laboratory observation of vacuum magnetic birefringence, due to vacuum fluctuations, still needs confirmation: the predicted birefringence of vacuum is $$\Delta n = 4.0\times 10^{-24}$$ Δn=4.0×10-24 @ 1 T. Key ingre...

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Main Authors: G. Zavattini, F. Della Valle, A. Ejlli, W.-T. Ni, U. Gastaldi, E. Milotti, R. Pengo, G. Ruoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-07-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6063-y