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QED and X-Ray Pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Michelle C. Allen ,
D. B. Melrose  and
A. J. Parle
Michelle C. Allen
Affiliation:
Dept of Theoretical Physics, University of Sydney
D. B. Melrose
Affiliation:
Dept of Theoretical Physics, University of Sydney
A. J. Parle
Affiliation:
Dept of Theoretical Physics, University of Sydney
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Abstract

Techniques in QED (quantum electrodynamics) have been developed previously (see for example Melrose and Parle 1983) allowing one to treat electron-photon and photon-photon interactions exactly in the magnetized vacuum and allowing one to include the effects of a medium. These techniques are extended to include particle-particle interactions. Exact cross-sections for electron-electron collisions are derived and compared with known expressions. Such calculations have application in studies of the formation and transfer of radiation in the atmospheres surrounding neutron stars.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , 1985 , pp. 211 - 214
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1985

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