On the Effective Electron Mass in Magnetar-like Fields
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We show, either quantum mechanically or classically, that the variation of the effective mass induced in a charged particle by the presence of an ultra-strong electromagnetic field may lead to observable consequences. In particular, we discuss how this effect may operate on electrons close to the surface of a magnetar, a neutron star with a super-strong magnetic field of the order of Tesla.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0406272,
title = {On the Effective Electron Mass in Magnetar-like Fields},
author = {M. Conte and M. Palazzi and M. Pusterla and R. Turolla},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0406272},
year = {2007}
}
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4 pages, no figures