Magnetars as Astrophysical Laboratories of Extreme Quantum Electrodynamics: The Case for a Compton Telescope
by Zorawar Wadiasingh, George Younes, Matthew G. Baring, Alice K. Harding, Peter L. Gonthier, Kun Hu, Alexander van der Horst, Silvia Zane, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Andrei M. Beloborodov, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sunil Chandra, Constantinos Kalapotharakos, Kyle Parfrey, and Demos Kazanas
Published onMay 31, 2019
Magnetars as Astrophysical Laboratories of Extreme Quantum Electrodynamics: The Case for a Compton Telescope
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Abstract
Magnetars, the most highly magnetic of the neutron star zoo, will serve as a prime science target for new missions surveying the MeV window. This paper outlines the core questions pertaining to magnetars and quantum electrodynamic physics that can be addressed by new technologies with spectropolarimetric capability in the 0.1-100 MeV energy range.
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