3 papers
astro-ph.HE2020
Pair Plasma in Super-QED Magnetic Fields and the Hard X-ray/Optical Emission of Magnetars
Christopher Thompson, Alexander Kostenko
The photon spectrum emitted by a transrelativistic pair plasma is calculated in the presence of an ultrastrong magnetic field, and is shown to bear a remarkable resemblance to the…
astro-ph.HE2019
QED Phenomena in an Ultrastrong Magnetic Field. II. Electron-Positron Scattering, -Ion Scattering, and Relativistic Bremsstrahlung
Alexander Kostenko, Christopher Thompson
This paper continues the approach of Kostenko \& Thompson to calculating quantum electrodynamic processes in the ultrastrong magnetic field near some neutron stars, such as magneta…
astro-ph.HE2019
QED Phenomena in an Ultrastrong Magnetic Field. I. Electron-Photon Scattering, Pair Creation, and Annihilation
Alexander Kostenko, Christopher Thompson
We evaluate several basic electrodynamic processes as modified by the presence of a very strong magnetic field, exceeding G. These resu…