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Anisotropic Nature of Work Function in Strong Quantizing Magnetic Field

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2011-05-31 v2 Materials Science Statistical Mechanics Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Following an extremely interesting idea \cite{R1}, published long ago, the work function associated with the emission of ultra-relativistic electrons from magnetically deformed metallic crystal of astrophysical relevance is obtained using relativistic version of Thomas-Fermi type model. In the present scenario, surprisingly, the work function becomes anisotropic; the longitudinal part is an increasing function of magnetic field strength, whereas the transverse part diverges.

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@article{arxiv.1004.4102,
  title  = {Anisotropic Nature of Work Function in Strong Quantizing Magnetic Field},
  author = {Arpita Ghosh and Somenath Chakrabarty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.4102},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Some verson has been accepted in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 11 pages with two.eps figures

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