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The measurement of vacuum polarization: The PVLAS experiment

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The following is a status report of the experiment PVLAS, whose aim is the measurement of the Polarization of Vacuum, induced by a high magnetic field. It includes a detailed description of the experimental set-up, in which a superconducting dipole magnet of more than 8 T, and a Fabry-Perot optical interferometer with a finesse of more than 130,000 are used. The experiment is in progress at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro in Italy.

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  1. INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Padova, Italy

    D. Bakalov, U. Gastaldi, R. Pengo, G. Petrucci & C. Rizzo

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica of the University of Pisa and INFN, Pisa, Italy

    F. Brandi, G. Cantatore, G. Carugno, S. Carusotto, F. Della Valle, A. De Riva, E. Iacopini, P. Micossi, E. Milotti, R. Onofrio, F. Perrone, E. Polacco, C. Rizzo, G. Ruoso, E. Zavattini & G. Zavattini

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Bakalov, D., Brandi, F., Cantatore, G. et al. The measurement of vacuum polarization: The PVLAS experiment. Hyperfine Interactions 114, 103–113 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012610102642

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