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The Origin of the Binary Pulsar J0737-3039
Tsvi Piran, Nir J. Shaviv
It is generally accepted that neutron stars form in core collapse events that are accompanied by a supernovae (types II or Ib or Ic). Typical progenitors are, therefore, larger tha…
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The High-Energy Polarization-Limiting Radius of Neutron Star Magnetospheres II -- Magnetized Hydrogen Atmospheres
Jeremy S. Heyl, Don Lloyd, Nir J. Shaviv
In the presence of strong magnetic fields, the vacuum becomes a birefringent medium. We show that this QED effect couples the direction of the polarization of photons leaving the N…