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Observing Quantum Vacuum Lensing in Magnetized Neutron Star Binary System
Arnaud Dupays 1, Cécile Robilliard 1, Carlo Rizzo 1, Giovanni F. Bignami 2
(06/04/2005)

In this letter we study the propagation of light in the neighbourhood of magnetised neutron stars. Thanks to the optical properties of quantum vacuum in the presence of a magnetic field, 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 monitoring the evolution of the recently discovered double neutron star system J0737-3039.
1 :  Laboratoire Collisions Agregats Reactivite (LCAR)
CNRS : UMR5589 – Université Paul Sabatier [UPS] - Toulouse III
2 :  Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR)
CNRS : UMR5187 – Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées – INSU – Université Paul Sabatier [UPS] - Toulouse III
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Physique/Physique Quantique

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Physique/Astrophysique/Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique

Planète et Univers/Astrophysique/Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique
Quantum Vacuum – neutron stars – lensing
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