Towards a vacuum birefringence experiment at the Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields (Letter of Intent of the BIREF@HIBEF Collaboration)N. Ahmadiniaz... C. Bähtz, A. Benediktovitch, C. Bömer, L. Bocklage, T. E. Cowan, J. Edwards, S. Evans, S. Franchino Viñas, H. Gies, S. Göde, J. Görs, J. Grenzer, U. Hernandez Acosta, T. Heinzl, P. Hilz, W. Hippler, L. G. Huang, O. Humphries, F. Karbstein, P. Khademi, B. King, T. Kluge, C. Kohlfürst, D. Krebs, A. Laso-García, R. Lötzsch, A. J. Macleod, B. Marx-Glowna, E. A. Mosman, M. Nakatsutsumi, G. G. Paulus, S. V. Rahul, L. Randolph, R. Röhlsberger, N. Rohringer, A. Sävert, S. Sadashivaiah, R. Sauerbrey, H.-P. Schlenviogt, S. M. Schmidt, U. Schramm, R. Schützhold, J.-P. Schwinkendorf, D. Seipt, M. Šmíd, T. Stöhlker, T. Toncian, M. Valialshchikov, A. Wipf, U. Zastrau and M. Zepf|Show fewer author(s)
Quantum field theory predicts a nonlinear response of the vacuum to strong electromagnetic fields of macroscopic extent. This fundamental tenet has remained experimentally challenging and is yet to be tested in the laboratory. A p
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