On the speed of light in a vacuum in the presence of a magnetic field
arXiv:2302.00661 · doi:10.1140/epjh/s13129-023-00050-7
Abstract
The nature of light, the existence of magnetism, the physical meaning of a vacuum are problems so deeply related to philosophy that they have been discussed for thousands of years. In this paper, we concentrate ourselves on a question that concerns the three of them: does light speed in a vacuum change when a magnetic field is present? The experimental answer to this fundamental question has not yet been given even if it has been stated in modern terms for more than a century. To fully understand the importance of such a question in physics, we review the main facts and concepts from the historical point of view.
31 pages, 17 figures; corrected reference formatting