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Abstract
The nonlinear Euler-Heisenberg interaction bends light toward an electric charge. The bending angle and trajectory of light in a Coulombic field are computed in geometric optics.
arXiv comments
4 pages; references and comments added
Journal reference
Mod. Phys. Lett. A, Vol. 26, No. 20 (2011) pp. 1481-1485
On a whim I looked up whether magnets or electric fields can refract light, and while they generally can't, strong electric charges can: Edit: there's probably no way to make an electric field strong enough on the macro scale to bend light, unless it passes by a black hole or…
On a whim I looked up whether magnets or electric fields can refract light, and while they generally can't, strong electric charges can: Edit: there's probably no way to make an electric field strong enough on the macro scale to bend light, unless it passes by a black hole or…
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