Observing Quantum Vacuum Lensing in Magnetized Neutron Star Binary System
Quantum Physics
2016-08-16 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
In this letter we study the propagation of light in the neighbourhood of magnetised neutron stars. Thanks to the optical properties of quantum vacuum in the presence of a magnetic field, light emitted by background astronomical objects is deviated giving rise to a phenomenon of the same kind as the gravitational one. We give a quantitative estimation of this effect and we discuss the possibility of its observation. We show that this effect could be detected monitoring the evolution of the recently discovered double neutron star system J0737-3039.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0504039,
title = {Observing Quantum Vacuum Lensing in Magnetized Neutron Star Binary System},
author = {Arnaud Dupays and Cécile Robilliard and Carlo Rizzo and Giovanni F. Bignami},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0504039},
year = {2016}
}
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