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Axion detection by ring lasers

L. Cooper, G. E. Stedman

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9502256

Abstract

A ring-laser experiment, similar to the Canterbury ring laser, to detect axion- and qed-induced vacuum birefringence is proposed. It uses a slowly modulated magnetic field and a novel polarization geometry. Both axion coupling and vacuum birefringence would modulate the Sagnac beat frequency. A null result could place sensitive bounds on the axion mass and on two-photon coupling.

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