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Vacuum birefringence experiments: optical noise

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In this paper, in the framework of the BMV (Biréfringence Magnétique du Vide) project, whose goal is the measurement of the vacuum linear magnetic birefringence, we study the optical noise affecting these kinds of experiments by detailing its sources, and we perform experimental measurements of all of them, clarifying that the limiting noise is a birefringence one.

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This manuscript has no associated data or the data will not be deposited. [Author’s comment: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.]

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Acknowledgements

We thank all the technical staff of the LNCMI and all the members of the BMV collaboration. We also thank the former member of the BMV experiment M. Hartman, who greatly contributed to the design of the apparatus.

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  1. CNRS, LNCMI UPR 3228 (UGA, UT3, INSA-T, EMFL), F-31400, Toulouse Cedex, France

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  2. Université Toulouse 3, LNCMI UPR CNRS 3228 (UGA, INSA-T, EMFL), F-31400, Toulouse Cedex, France

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Agil, J., Battesti, R. & Rizzo, C. Vacuum birefringence experiments: optical noise. Eur. Phys. J. D 76, 192 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-022-00516-1

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