Published January 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Searching for the electric dipole moment of the photon

  • 1. Bylgarska Akademiya na Naukite, Sofia. Inst. za Yadrena Izsledvaniya i Yadrena Energetika

Description

A shift of the 67Zn Moessbauer resonance line was observed when a ZnO single crystalline absorber was rotated with respect to the direction of the gamma-quanta. The experimental results could be explained by assuming the existence of an electric dipole moment of the photon. Two other alternative explanations are considered: the difference of the quadrupole splitting between the source and the absorber and the ''interference effect''. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
1
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B.
Journal Page Range
82-87
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBE