Relativistic kinetic equation for Compton scattering of polarized radiation in a strong magnetic field
Abstract
We derive the relativistic kinetic equation for Compton scattering of polarized radiation in strong magnetic field using the Bogolyubov method. The induced scattering and the Pauli exclusion principle are taken into account. The electron polarization is also considered in the general form of the kinetic equation. The special forms of the equation for the cases of the nonpolarized electrons, the rarefied electron gas and the two-polarization mode description of radiation are found. The derived equations are valid for any photon and electron energies and the magnetic field strength below about 1016G. These equations provide the basis for formulation of the equation for polarized radiation transport in atmospheres and magnetospheres of strongly magnetized neutron stars.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- May 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.103002
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1203.2055
- Bibcode:
- 2012PhRvD..85j3002M
- Keywords:
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- 52.25.Dg;
- 95.30.Gv;
- 95.30.Jx;
- 97.60.Jd;
- Plasma kinetic equations;
- Radiation mechanisms;
- polarization;
- Radiative transfer;
- scattering;
- Neutron stars;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Galaxy Astrophysics;
- Physics - Plasma Physics
- E-Print:
- 23 pages, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D