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X-Ray Polarimetry Workshop SLAC, Stanford, California 9-11 February 2004 |
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Polarized X-ray Emission from Magnetized Neutron Stars
Dong
Lai
Cornell University
dong@astro.cornell.edu
Dong Lai (Cornell) and Wynn Ho (KIPAC)
It has long been recognized that the thermal X-ray radiation from magnetic neutron stars is highly polarized. I will review the basic polarization properties of neutron star atmosphere emission. I will also discuss the vacuum resonance phenomenon which gives rise to a surprising X-ray polarization signature, potentially detectable by future X-ray polarimeters. Reference: D. Lai & W. Ho 2003, Phys. Rev. Lett., 91, 071101 (astro-ph/0303596)
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