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Photon Orbital Angular Momentum and Mass in a Plasma Vortex

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F. Tamburini, A. Sponselli, B. Thidé, J. T. Mendonça

Plasma Physics · Submitted 22 Jan 2010

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The authors' main claim In addition to the mass acquisition of the conventional Anderson-Higgs mechanism, we find that the photon acquires an additional mass from the OAM and that this mass reduces the Proca photon mass.

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CitationA. Sponselli, B. Thid\'e, F. Tamburini, J. T. Mendon\c{c}a. "Photon Orbital Angular Momentum and Mass in a Plasma Vortex." arXiv:1001.4042 (2010). https://pith.science/paper/7LYOIXZW
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We analyse the Anderson-Higgs mechanism of photon mass acquisition in a plasma and study the contribution to the mass from the orbital angular momentum acquired by a beam of photons when it crosses a spatially structured charge distribution. To this end we apply Proca-Maxwell equations in a static plasma with a particular spatial distribution of free charges, notably a plasma vortex, that is able to impose orbital angular momentum (OAM) onto light. In addition to the mass acquisition of the conventional Anderson-Higgs mechanism, we find that the photon acquires an additional mass from the OAM and that this mass reduces the Proca photon mass.

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s0 We analyse the Anderson-Higgs mechanism of photon mass acquisition in a plasma and study the contribution to the mass from the orbital angular momentum acquired by a beam of photons when it crosses a spatially structured charge distribution. contribution 0.99 0.90 0.15 asserted 0.65
s1 To this end we apply Proca-Maxwell equations in a static plasma with a particular spatial distribution of free charges, notably a plasma vortex, that is able to impose orbital angular momentum (OAM) onto light. method 0.98 0.78 0.04 asserted 0.90
s2 In addition to the mass acquisition of the conventional Anderson-Higgs mechanism, we find that the photon acquires an additional mass from the OAM and that this mass reduces the Proca photon mass. result 1.00 0.95 0.87 asserted 1.00

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We analyse the Anderson-Higgs mechanism of photon mass acquisition in a plasma and study the contribution to the mass from the orbital angular momentum acquired by a beam of photons when it crosses a spatially structured charge distribution. To this end we apply Proca-Maxwell equations in a static plasma with a particular spatial distribution of free charges, notably a plasma vortex, that is able to impose orbital angular momentum (OAM) onto light. In addition to the mass acquisition of the conventional Anderson-Higgs mechanism, we find that the photon acquires an additional mass from the OAM and that this mass reduces the Proca photon mass.

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  • The exchange of angular momentum between a photon beam and a plasma vortex and the possible excitation of photon angular momentum states in a plasma was analysed in Ref. [ref] .

    Photon orbital angular momentum in a plasma vortex · Introduction · 0.86

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