Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994ap%26ss.218...87c&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 218, no. 1, p. 87-100
Physics
Electron Plasma, Mathematical Models, Neutron Stars, Plasma Frequencies, Plasmas (Physics), Polarization, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Thomson Scattering, White Dwarf Stars, Cyclotron Resonance, Plasma Oscillations, Pulsar Magnetospheres, Quantum Mechanics
Scientific paper
The effect of a strong magnetic field on neutron stars or white dwarfs is calculated for Thomson scattering in a fully ionized collisionless plasma. The Stokes parameters for the scattered radiation are computed explicitly in terms of the state of polarization of the incident wave, the electron-cyclotron frequency, the plasma frequency, the angle of incidence, and the angle of scattering. The effects of the plasma are very insensitive to specific values of V( V = (omega p sq)/(omega sq), omegap denotes the electron plasma frequency) so long as V is much less than 1, whereas the criterion for the magnetic field to substantially affect the Stokes parameters is that the photon frequency be less than the electron-cyclotron frequency. The effects of classical radiation damping and natural line broadening are briefly mentioned.
Chen Hui-Hwa
Chou Chih-kang
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