Resonant conversion of photon modes due to vacuum polarization in a magnetized plasma: Implications for X-ray emission from magnetars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 566, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 373-377

  Lai, Dong ^a   Ho, Wynn C G ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Radiative transfer; Stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042140452     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338074     Document Type: Article

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