Observing quantum vacuum lensing in a neutron star binary system

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 2005, Pages

  Dupays, Arnaud ^a   Robilliard, Cécile ^a   Rizzo, Carlo ^a   Bignami, Giovanni F ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SOURCES; BINARY SYSTEMS; MAGNETIZED NEUTRON STARS; QUANTUM VACUUM LENSING;

ASTRONOMY; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLANETS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIO WAVES; VACUUM;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 18144389863     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.161101     Document Type: Article

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