Title :
The QED vacuum magnetic birefringence experiment
Author :
Fouché, M. ; Berceau, P. ; Battesti, R. ; Rizzo, C.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Collisions Agregats Reactivite, Univ. de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
In this contribution we present the status of the BMV experiment whose goal is to measure the vacuum magnetic birefringence. The measurement of this birefringence to a precision of a few ppm will represent a pure QED test.
Keywords :
birefringence; quantum electrodynamics; BMV; QED test; QED vacuum magnetic birefringence; Birefringence; Electromagnetic measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Daejeon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6795-2
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.2010.5543732