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Wave Modes in the Magnetospheres of Pulsars and Magnetars
Chen Wang, Dong Lai
We study the wave propagation modes in the relativistic streaming pair plasma of the magnetospheres of pulsars and magnetars, focusing on the effect of vacuum polarization. We show…
Probing Axions with Radiation from Magnetic Stars
Dong Lai, Jeremy Heyl
Recent experiments suggest that polarized photons may couple significantly to pseudoscalar particles such as axions. We study the possible observational signatures of axion-photon…
Physics of Strongly Magnetized Neutron Stars
Alice K. Harding, Dong Lai
There has recently been growing evidence for the existence of neutron stars possessing magnetic fields with strengths that exceed the quantum critical field strength of $4.4 \times…
Spin-Kick Correlation in Neutron Stars: Alignment Conditions and Implications
Chen Wang, Dong Lai, JinLin Han
Recent observations of pulsar wind nebulae and radio polarization profiles revealed a tendency of the alignment between the spin and velocity directions in neutron stars. We study…
Density-Functional-Theory Calculations of Matter in Strong Magnetic Fields: II. Infinite Chains and Condensed Matter
Zach Medin, Dong Lai
We present new, ab initio calculations of the electronic structure of one-dimensional infinite chains and three-dimensional condensed matter in strong magnetic fields ranging from…
Atmosphere Models of Magnetized Neutron Stars: QED Effects, Radiation Spectra, and Polarization Signals
Matthew van Adelsberg, Dong Lai
Theoretical modeling of surface emission from magnetized neutron stars (NSs) requires proper treatment of QED effects, in particular the effect of photon mode conversion due to the…