Angular structure of finite-field vacuum birefringence in magnetars

arXiv:2609.38573 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-29 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-09-29

Updated: 2026-09-29

Terminology

• Benchmark — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Angular Error — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Decoupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

Sources

• Leading low-temperature correction to the Heisenberg-Euler Lagrangian

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