Photon self-interaction through gravitons and axions
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| author | Hoseinpour, Ahmad Zarei, Moslem Abdi, Mehdi |
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| contents | In this work, we propose to employ the concept of photon self-interaction for axion detection. In particular, we derive the interaction Hamiltonian for photons via axions in a ring cavity. We show that when the incoming photons are considered in plane-wave basis, the interaction vanishes. However, when the realistic case of photon wavepackets are assumed, a self-interaction whose strength is proportional to the size of the wavepacket and the cavity length exists. Under specific conditions, we find that the axion-mediated interaction dominates the gravitationally induced self-interaction. We discuss the implications of this setup for axion detection, focusing on the range of axion mass, $10^{-10}~\text{eV}<m_a<10^{-4}~\text{eV}$ for which the best accuracy of coupling constants is constrained in some cases to $g_{aγγ}> 9 \times 10^{-12}~ \text{GeV}^{-1}$. |
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| spellingShingle | Photon self-interaction through gravitons and axions Hoseinpour, Ahmad Zarei, Moslem Abdi, Mehdi High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Quantum Physics In this work, we propose to employ the concept of photon self-interaction for axion detection. In particular, we derive the interaction Hamiltonian for photons via axions in a ring cavity. We show that when the incoming photons are considered in plane-wave basis, the interaction vanishes. However, when the realistic case of photon wavepackets are assumed, a self-interaction whose strength is proportional to the size of the wavepacket and the cavity length exists. Under specific conditions, we find that the axion-mediated interaction dominates the gravitationally induced self-interaction. We discuss the implications of this setup for axion detection, focusing on the range of axion mass, $10^{-10}~\text{eV}<m_a<10^{-4}~\text{eV}$ for which the best accuracy of coupling constants is constrained in some cases to $g_{aγγ}> 9 \times 10^{-12}~ \text{GeV}^{-1}$. |
| title | Photon self-interaction through gravitons and axions |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.05474 |