Observing quantum vacuum lensing in a neutron star binary system

被引：15
作者：
Dupays, A [1 ]
Robilliard, C
Rizzo, C
Bignami, GF
机构：
[1] Univ Toulouse 3, CNRS, IRSAMC, Lab Collis, F-31062 Toulouse, France
[2] Univ Toulouse 3, CNRS, Ctr Etud Spatiale Rayonnements, F-31401 Toulouse, France
[3] Univ Pavia, Dipartimento Fis Nucl & Teor, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2005年 / 94卷 / 16期
关键词：
D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.161101
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
In this Letter we study the propagation of light in the neighborhood of magnetized neutron stars. Because of the optical properties of quantum vacuum in the presence of a magnetic field, the light emitted by background astronomical objects is deviated, giving rise to a phenomenon of the same kind as the gravitational one. We give a quantitative estimation of this effect, and we discuss the possibility of its observation. We show that this effect could be detected by monitoring the evolution of the recently discovered double neutron star system J0737-3039.
引用
收藏
页数：4
相关论文
共 22 条
  • [1] NONLINEAR EFFECTS IN QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS - PHOTON PROPAGATION AND PHOTON SPLITTING IN AN EXTERNAL FIELD
    BIALYNIC.Z
    BIALYNIC.I
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 1970, 2 (10): : 2341 - &
  • [2] The magnetic field of an isolated neutron star from X-ray cyclotron absorption lines
    Bignami, GF
    Caraveo, PA
    De Luca, A
    Mereghetti, S
    [J]. NATURE, 2003, 423 (6941) : 725 - 727
  • [3] BORN M, 1983, PRINCIPLES OPTICS
  • [4] An increased estimate of the merger rate of double neutron stars from observations of a highly relativistic system
    Burgay, M
    D'Amico, N
    Possenti, A
    Manchester, RN
    Lyne, AG
    Joshi, BC
    McLaughlin, MA
    Kramer, M
    Sarkissian, JM
    Camilo, F
    Kalogera, V
    Kim, C
    Lorimer, DR
    [J]. NATURE, 2003, 426 (6966) : 531 - 533
  • [5] CUESTA HJM, ASTROPH0408152V1
  • [6] Nonlinear electrodynamic effect of ray bending in the magnetic-dipole field
    Denisov, VI
    Denisova, IP
    Svertilov, SI
    [J]. DOKLADY PHYSICS, 2001, 46 (10) : 705 - 707
  • [7] Mirror-visual natural pigments.
    Euler, H.
    Kockel, B.
    [J]. NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, 1935, 23 : 246 - 247
  • [8] Drawn from the Dirac theory of the positron.
    Heisenberg, W.
    Euler, H.
    [J]. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK, 1936, 98 (11-12): : 714 - 732
  • [9] QED and the high polarization of the thermal radiation from neutron stars
    Heyl, JS
    Shaviv, NJ
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2002, 66 (02)
  • [10] Birefringence and dichroism of the QED vacuum
    Heyl, JS
    Hernquist, L
    [J]. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL, 1997, 30 (18): : 6485 - 6492
123