Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979phrvd..19.1684v&link_type=abstract
Physical Review D - Particles and Fields, 3rd Series, vol. 19, Mar. 15, 1979, p. 1684-1695.
Physics
94
Cold Plasmas, Electron Plasma, Light Scattering, Neutron Stars, Radiative Heat Transfer, Stellar Mass Accretion, Thomson Scattering, Anisotropy, Cyclotron Resonance, Energy Dissipation, Polarized Light, Pulsars, Scattering Cross Sections
Scientific paper
The Thomson cross section in a strongly magnetized electron plasma is reexamined with a view to extending previous results of Canuto, Lodenquai, and Ruderman beyond the cold-plasma limit. A formal relation is established between the differential photon cross section and the polarization currents induced in the medium by the incident photon. In the cold-plasma limit this approach leads to a simplified differential cross section allowing an intuitive understanding of the scattering mechanism and the resulting anisotropy. The structure of this theory at and near the cyclotron resonance is examined including the necessary dissipative and broadening mechanisms. Extensions beyond the cold-plasma limit are discussed for the application to the problem of accreting X ray pulsars. Under conditions typical of the accretion column of some X ray pulsars it is expected that the birefringent properties of the vacuum may significantly alter both the photon cross sections and the polarization properties of the radiation.
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