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Schwinger Pair Production and Vacuum Birefringence around High Magnetized Neutron Stars (2308.15830v1)
Published 30 Aug 2023 in astro-ph.HE and hep-ph
Abstract: Highly magnetized neutron stars have magnetic fields of order of the critical field and can lead to measurable QED effects. We consider the Goldreich-Julian pulsar model with supercritical magnetic fields, induced subcritical electric fields, and a period of milliseconds. We then study the strong field physics, such as Schwinger pair production and the vacuum birefringence including the wrench effect, whose X-ray polarimetry will be observed in future space missions.
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