Fingerprints of thermal Comptonization in accreting neutron stars. Plasma-vacuum interplay in cyclotron lines and polarisation

arXiv:2608.24396 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-08-25 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-08-25

Updated: 2026-08-25

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