Photon Orbital Angular Momentum and Mass in a Plasma Vortex
arXiv:1001.4042 · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/90/45001
Abstract
We analyse the Anderson-Higgs mechanism of photon mass acquisition in a plasma and study the contribution to the mass from the orbital angular momentum acquired by a beam of photons when it crosses a spatially structured charge distribution. To this end we apply Proca-Maxwell equations in a static plasma with a particular spatial distribution of free charges, notably a plasma vortex, that is able to impose orbital angular momentum (OAM) onto light. In addition to the mass acquisition of the conventional Anderson-Higgs mechanism, we find that the photon acquires an additional mass from the OAM and that this mass reduces the Proca photon mass.
Four pages, no figures. Error corrections, improved notation, refined derivations
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