Anisotropic Nature of Work Function in Strong Quantizing Magnetic Field
arXiv:1004.4102
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.
Some verson has been accepted in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 11 pages with two.eps figures