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The dynamical mixing of light and pseudoscalar fields

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We solve the general problem of mixing of electromagnetic and scalar or pseudoscalar fields coupled by axion-type interactions L int = g ϕ ϕε μναβ F μν F αβ. The problem depends on several dimensionful scales, including the magnitude and direction of background magnetic field, the pseudoscalar mass, plasma frequency, propagation frequency, wave number, and finally the pseudoscalar coupling. We apply the results to the first consistent calculations of the mixing of light propagating in a background magnetic field of varying directions, which show a great variety of fascinating resonant and polarization effects.

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  1. Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, New Jersey, 08544, USA

    Sudeep Das

  2. Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208 016, India

    Pankaj Jain & Rajib Saha

  3. Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS-66045, USA

    John P. Ralston

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Das, S., Jain, P., Ralston, J.P. et al. The dynamical mixing of light and pseudoscalar fields. Pramana - J Phys 70, 439–456 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-008-0060-x

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