Probing the Photon Mass through the Electromagnetic Memory Effect

Ercan Kılıçarslan

doi:10.17776/csj.1780534

Probing the Photon Mass through the Electromagnetic Memory Effect

Abstract

Electromagnetic memory effect is the residual velocity (a kick) acquired by free charges following the passage of electromagnetic waves. We compute the electromagnetic memory effect in de Broglie-Proca theory for particle scattering in four dimensional Minkowski spacetime as a function of the photon mass, and show that it is suppressed by Yukawa decay compared to usual Maxwell electrodynamics. Therefore, we suggest that its experimental detection would place bounds on, or potentially exclude, the existence of non-zero photon mass.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

General Physics , Field Theory and String Theory , Particle and High Energy Physics (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ercan Kılıçarslan ^*
0000-0002-4112-980X
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 30, 2025

Submission Date

September 9, 2025

Acceptance Date

November 26, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 46 Number: 4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.1780534

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA37WX64AY

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APA

Kılıçarslan, E. (2025). Probing the Photon Mass through the Electromagnetic Memory Effect. Cumhuriyet Science Journal, 46(4), 964-966. https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.1780534