Effective Photon Hypothesis, Self Focusing of Laser Beams and Super Fluid

TL;DR

This paper discusses the effective photon hypothesis, proposing that self focusing in laser beams is inherent and that photons can transition to a superfluid state, with implications for high-energy photon quasiparticles resembling electroweak bosons.

Contribution

It introduces a novel perspective on photon self focusing and superfluidity, linking high-energy laser photons to electroweak quasiparticles, which is a new theoretical approach.

Findings

Photon self focusing is inherent, not due to nonlinear refractive index.

High-energy laser photons can form quasiparticles with masses comparable to electroweak bosons.

Potential connection between laser photon phenomena and fundamental particle physics.

Abstract

The effective photon hypothesis of Panarella and Raychaudhuri shows that the self focusing of photon in the laser beam is inherent and it also shows that the the cause of phenomena of self focusing of intense laser radiation in solids is not actually the nonlinear intensity dependent refractive index. In the effective photon hypothesis the laser photon have much better chance than ordinary photon to undergo a phase transition to a superfluid state. If a super fluid photon in the laser beam can be realized then in the effective photon hypothesis gives interesting results. The effective photon hypothesis shows that if the average energy X-ray laser beams is $h\nu=10^{3}$ $eV \sim 10^{4}$ $eV$, we find that mass of the quasiparticles in the X-ray laser beams is in the range $10^{5}$ $eV \sim 10^{12}$ $eV$. Thus the mass of the quasipartcle in the X-ray laser beams can be $Z$-boson of the electroweak theory of weak interactions. It is possible that $W^{+}$ and $W^{-}$ can be originated from another vector boson whose mass is more than 200 GeV.