The measurement of vacuum polarization: The PVLAS experiment

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作者
Bakalov, D [1 ]
Brandi, F
Cantatore, G
Carugno, G
Carusotto, S
Della Valle, F
De Riva, A
Gastaldi, U
Iacopini, E
Micossi, P
Milotti, E
Onofrio, R
Pengo, R
Perrone, F
Petrucci, G
Polacco, E
Rizzo, C
Ruoso, G
Zavattini, E
Zavattini, G
机构
[1] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, Trieste, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Trieste, Italy
[3] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, Pisa, Italy
[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Pisa, Italy
[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Legnaro, Padua, Italy
[6] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis, Padua, Italy
[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Padua, Italy
[8] Univ Ferrara, Dipartimento Fis, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
[9] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Ferrara, Italy
来源
HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS | 1998年 / 114卷 / 1-4期
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D O I
10.1023/A:1012610102642
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学]; O56 [分子物理学、原子物理学];
学科分类号
070203 ; 070304 ; 081704 ; 1406 ;
摘要
The following is a status report of the experiment PVLAS, whose aim is the measurement of the Polarization of Vacuum, induced by a high magnetic field. It includes a detailed description of the experimental set-up, in which a superconducting dipole magnet of more than 8 T, and a Fabry-Perot optical interferometer with a finesse of more than 130,000 are used. The experiment is in progress at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro in Italy.
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