Physical Processes in Strong Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars
Alice K. Harding
Abstract
Neutron stars have inferred surface magnetic fields of up to 1014 Gauss, in the case of radio pulsars, and up to possibly 1015 Gauss, in the case of Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters and Anomalous X-ray Pulsars. In fields this high, QED effects will profoundly change the characteristics of continuum radiation processes such as synchrotron emission and Compton scattering and will also allow the possibility of additional physical processes such as one-photon pair production, vacuum polarization and photon splitting. Atomic line processes will also be significantly affected by the presence of strong fields. I will review some of the properties of radiation processes in strong magnetic fields that are most relevant to pulsars, SGRs and AXPs and the role they play in models for these sources.
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