Scattering of Strong Radio Waves by Particles in Strongly Magnetized Plasmas and Implications for Fast Radio Bursts

arXiv:2606.31439 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-06-30 · Read on arXiv

Yuanhong Qu, Pawan Kumar

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-06-30

Comments: 14 pages, 8 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Alignment — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) — 2× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Fine-Tuning — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

Sources

• Unified kinetic theory of induced scattering: Compton, Brillouin, and Raman processes in magnetized electron and positron pair plasma
• Induced Scattering of Fast Radio Bursts in Magnetar Magnetospheres
• Sudden polarization angle jumps of the repeating fast radio burst FRB 20201124A
• Interaction of Strong Electromagnetic Waves with Unmagnetized Pair Plasmas
• The kinetic-energy bottleneck in Fast Radio Burst models
• Propagation of a Strong Fast Magnetosonic Wave in the Magnetosphere of a Neutron Star
• A pulsar-like swing in the polarisation position angle of a nearby fast radio burst

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