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Minimal length corrections to magnetic birefringence in vacuum

2022/11/05 by Ribhu Paul, Paul, Ribhu
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2211.02890

openalex publication_date 2022/11/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We consider the modification to Kruglov's non-linear electrodynamics in the presence of minimal length (lp), by considering a specific formulation of generalized uncertainty principle (GUP). The presence of minimal length has been motivated by several candidate theories of quantum-gravity (both perturbative and non-perturbative). We show that, such minimal length modifications could lead to momentum dependent bounds on zero-point electric field strength, for the aforementioned non-linear model of electrodynamics. We further show that, the existence of minimal length modifies the measure of vacuum birefringence Δn in a constant and uniformly strong, external magnetic field. We therefore suggest, the presence of a frictional mechanism of fundamental origin, acting in the parallel direction of polarization of photons (in the presence of strong magnetic field), as an additional effect of quantized background.

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