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astro-ph2003
Matter and Radiation in Superstrong Magnetic Fields and Thermal Emission from Neutron Stars
Dong Lai, W. C. G. Ho
Thermal surface emissions have now been detected from more than a dozen isolated neutron stars, including radio pulsars, radio-quiet neutron stars and magnetars. These detections c…
astro-ph2002
Comment on ``The Effect of Vacuum Polarization ... in Strongly Magnetized Plasmas'' by Ozel (astro-ph/0203449)
Dong Lai, Wynn C. G. Ho
We have recently shown that in a highly magnetized neutron star atmospheric plasma, vacuum polarization can induce resonant conversion of photon polarization modes via a mechanism…