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Polarized X-Ray Emission from Magnetized Neutron Stars: Signature of Strong-Field Vacuum Polarization | | Dong Lai
; Wynn C.G. Ho
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27 Mar 2003 | | Journal: | Phys.Rev.Lett. 91 (2003) 071101 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | Cornell | | Abstract: | In the atmospheric plasma of a strongly magnetized neutron star, vacuum polarization can induce a Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein like resonance across which a X-ray photon may (depending on its energy) convert from one mode into the other, with significant changes in opacities and polarizations. We show that this vacuum resonance effect gives rise to an unique energy-dependent polarization signature in the surface emission from neutron stars. The detection of polarized X-rays from neutron stars can provide a direct probe of strong-field quantum electrodynamics and constrain the neutron star magnetic field and geometry. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0303596 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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