QED and the high polarization of the thermal radiation from neutron stars

Physical Review D

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Heyl, Jeremy S ^a   Shaviv, Nir J ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIREFRINGENCE; DIPOLE; INFRARED RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLARIZATION; X RAY;

EID: 0037101398     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.023002     Document Type: Article

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