Particles under extreme conditions
In part I we study quantum modified photon trajectories in a Schwarzschild blackhole spacetime. The photon vacuum polarization effect in curved spacetime leads to birefringence, i.e. the photon velocity becomes <i>c</i>±<i>δc </i>depending on its polarization. This velocity s...
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Swansea University
2006
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.638791 |