Photon Propagation in a Magnetized Medium
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Using the real time formalism of the finite temperature field theory we calculate the 1-loop polarization tensor in the presence of a background magnetic field in a medium. The expression is obtained to linear order in the background field strength. We discuss the Faraday rotation as well as the photon absorption probabilities in this context.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0111104,
title = {Photon Propagation in a Magnetized Medium},
author = {Sushan Konar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0111104},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To be published in the proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on the Quantum Field Theory under External Conditions, held in Leipzig, 10-14 September, 2001; 4 pages, uses axodraw.sty