Magnetic linear birefringence measurements using pulsed fields

Autor: Carlo Rizzo, R. Battesti, Mathilde Fouché, Paul Berceau
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire national des champs magnétiques intenses - Toulouse (LNCMI-T), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Physical Review A
Physical Review A, American Physical Society, 2012, pp.013837
Physical Review A, American Physical Society, 2012, 85, pp.013837
Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015]
Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015], 2012, 85, pp.013837
ISSN: 1050-2947
1094-1622
Popis: In this paper we present the realization of further steps towards the measurement of the magnetic birefringence of the vacuum using pulsed fields. After describing our experiment, we report the calibration of our apparatus using nitrogen gas and we discuss the precision of our measurement giving a detailed error budget. Our best present vacuum upper limit is Dn < 5.0x10^(-20) T^-2 per 4 ms acquisition time. We finally discuss the improvements necessary to reach our final goal.
submitted to Phys. Rev. A
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