HOW CAN ONE PROBE PODOLSKY ELECTRODYNAMICS?

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作者
Cuzinatto, R. R. [1 ,2 ]
De Melo, C. A. M. [2 ,3 ]
Medeiros, L. G. [4 ]
Pompeia, P. J. [1 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alberta, Inst Theoret Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2J1, Canada
[2] Univ Fed Alfenas, Inst Ciencia & Tecnol, BR-37715400 Pocos De Caldas, MG, Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Fis Teor, BR-01156970 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Escola Ciencia & Tecnol, BR-59072970 Natal, RN, Brazil
[5] Inst Fomento & Coordenacao Ind, BR-12228901 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP, Brazil
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基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Podolsky electrodynamics; ion interferometry; hydrogen atom; HAMILTON-JACOBI APPROACH; PHOTON-MASS EXPERIMENT; GENERALIZED ELECTRODYNAMICS; CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS; UPPER LIMIT; PARTICLE; QUANTUM; PHYSICS; LAW;
D O I
10.1142/S0217751X11053961
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
We investigate the possibility of detecting the Podolsky generalized electrodynamics constant a. First we analyze an ion interferometry apparatus proposed by B. Neyenhuis et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 200401 (2007)), who looked for deviations from Coulomb's inverse-square law in the context of Proca model. Our results show that this experiment has not enough precision for measurements of a. In order to set up bounds for a, we investigate the influence of Podolsky's electrostatic potential on the ground state of the Hydrogen atom. The value of the ground state energy of the Hydrogen atom requires Podolsky's constant to be smaller than 5.6 fm, or in energy scales larger than 35.51 MeV.
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页码:3641 / 3651
页数:11
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