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On the Effective Electron Mass in Magnetar-like Fields

M. Conte, M. Palazzi, M. Pusterla, R. Turolla

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0406272

Abstract

We show, either quantum mechanically or classically, that the variation of the effective mass induced in a charged particle by the presence of an ultra-strong electromagnetic field may lead to observable consequences. In particular, we discuss how this effect may operate on electrons close to the surface of a magnetar, a neutron star with a super-strong magnetic field of the order of 1011 Tesla.

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