IXPE detection of polarized X-rays from magnetars and photon mode conversion at QED vacuum resonance.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2216534120
Abstract: The recent observations of the anomalous X-ray pulsars 4U 0142+61 and 1RXS J170849.0-400910 by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) opened up a new avenue to study magnetars, neutron stars endowed with superstrong magnetic fields… read more here.
Keywords: vacuum; polarized rays; vacuum resonance; mode conversion ... See more keywords