FH Particle Physics Discussion: Vacuum Magnetic Birefringence

Friday 30 Jan 2026, 14:00 → 15:30 Europe/Berlin

SR 2 (DESY Hamburg)

Maria Aldaya Martin (CMS (CMS Fachgruppe TOP)), Katharina Behr (ATLAS (Fingerprint of the Vacuum)), Aaron Dean Spector (DESY), Juergen Reuter (DESY)

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14:00 → 14:45 Vacuum magnetic birefringence: Theory

Speaker: Felix Karbstein (Helmholtz Institut Jena)

14:45 → 15:30 Measuring vacuum magnetic birefringence with the ALPS II magnet string

Speaker: Laura Roberts (Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut) and Leibniz Universität Hannover)