caa a22 4500 445868104 CHVBK 20180317145504.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1140/epjd/e2011-10508-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1140/epjd/e2011-10508-7 A survey of existing and proposed classical and quantum approaches to the photon mass [Elektronische Daten] [G. Spavieri, J. Quintero, G. T. Gillies, M. Rodríguez] Abstract.: Over the past twenty years, there have been several careful experimental, observational and phenomenological investigations aimed at searching for and establishing ever tighter bounds on the possible mass of the photon. There are many fascinating and paradoxical physical implications that would arise from the presence of even a very small value for it, and thus such searches have always been well motivated in terms of the new physics that would result. We provide a brief overview of the theoretical background and classical motivations for this work and the early tests of the exactness of Coulomb's law that underlie it. We then go on to address the modern situation, in which quantum physics approaches come to attention. Among them we focus especially on the implications that the Aharonov-Bohm and Aharonov-Casher class of effects have on searches for a photon mass. These arise in several different ways and can lead to experiments that might involve the interaction of magnetic dipoles, electric dipoles, or charged particles with suitable potentials. Still other quantum-based approaches employ measurements of the g-factor of the electron. Plausible target sensitivities for limits on the photon mass as sought by the various quantum approaches are in the range of 10-53 to 10-54g. Possible experimental arrangements for the associated experiments are discussed. We close with an assessment of the state of the art and a prognosis for future work. EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011 Spavieri G. Centro de Física Fundamental, Universidad de Los Andes, 5101, Mérida, Venezuela aut Quintero J. Centro de Física Fundamental, Universidad de Los Andes, 5101, Mérida, Venezuela aut Gillies G. T. Department of Physics, University of Virginia, 22904-4714, Charlottesville, VA, USA aut Rodríguez M. Departamento de Física, FACYT, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela aut The European Physical Journal D Springer-Verlag 61/3(2011-02-01), 531-550 1434-6060 61:3<531 2011 61 10053 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-10508-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-10508-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Spavieri G. Centro de Física Fundamental, Universidad de Los Andes, 5101, Mérida, Venezuela aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Quintero J. Centro de Física Fundamental, Universidad de Los Andes, 5101, Mérida, Venezuela aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gillies G. T. Department of Physics, University of Virginia, 22904-4714, Charlottesville, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rodríguez M. Departamento de Física, FACYT, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Physical Journal D Springer-Verlag 61/3(2011-02-01), 531-550 1434-6060 61:3<531 2011 61 10053 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer