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Searching for axion resonances in vacuum birefringence with three-beam collisions

Stefan Evans1,* and Ralf Schützhold1,2

  • 1Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
  • 2Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany

  • *s.evans@hzdr.de
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Phys. Rev. D 109, L091901 – Published 1 May, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.L091901

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We consider birefringent (i.e., polarization changing) scattering of x-ray photons at the superposition of two optical laser beams of ultrahigh intensity and study the resonant contributions of axions or axionlike particles, which could also be short lived. Applying the specifications of the Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields (HIBEF), we find that this setup can be more sensitive than previous light-by-light scattering (birefringence) or light-shining-through-wall experiments in a certain domain of parameter space. By changing the pump and probe laser orientations and frequencies, one can even scan different axion masses, i.e., chart the axion propagator.

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Phys. Rev. D 109, L091901– Published 1 May, 2024
  • Received 17 October 2023
  • Accepted 2 April 2024
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