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Dispersion relation for electromagnetic wave propagation in a strongly magnetized plasma

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

A dispersion relation for electromagnetic wave propagation in a strongly magnetized cold plasma is deduced, taking photon-photon scattering into account. It is shown that the combined plasma and quantum electrodynamic effect is important for understanding the mode-structures in magnetar and pulsar atmospheres. The implications of our results are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0601311,
  title  = {Dispersion relation for electromagnetic wave propagation in a strongly magnetized plasma},
  author = {G. Brodin M. Marklund and L. Stenflo and P. K. Shukla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0601311},
  year   = {2008}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure, to appear in New Journal of Physics