Interaction of photons traversing a slowly varying electromagnetic background
arXiv:1406.4139 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.90.065018
Abstract
When two electromagnetic fields counterpropagate, they are modified due to mutual interaction via the polarised virtual electron-positron states of the vacuum. By studying how photon-photon scattering effects such as birefringence and four-wave mixing evolve as the fields pass through one another, we find a significant increase during overlap. The results have particular relevance for calculations based on a constant field background.
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