Axions and photons in terms of "particles" and "anti-particles"

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Abstract

The axion photon system in an external magnetic field, when for example considered with the 1+1 geometry of the experiments exploring axion photon mixing displays a continuous axion-photon duality symmetry in the limit where the axion mass is neglected. The conservation law that follows from this symmetry is obtained. The magnetic field interaction is seen to be equivalent to first order to the interaction of a complex charged field with an external electric potential, where this fictitious "electric potential" is proportional to the external magnetic field. Generalizing the scalar QED formalism to 2+1 dimensions makes it clear that a photon and an axion split into two components in an inhomogeneous magnetic field.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 4th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, PATRAS 2008
Pages133-136
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2008
Event4th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, PATRAS 2008 - Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 18 Jun 200821 Jun 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 4th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, PATRAS 2008

Conference

Conference4th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, PATRAS 2008
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period18/06/0821/06/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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