Nonlinear electrodynamical lensing of electromagnetic waves on the dipole magnetic field of the magnetar

2023

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DOI 10.1142/s0218271823501067
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Abstract

We study numerically a combined gravitational and nonlinear magnetic lensing effect on electromagnetic flux. A magnetar with a dipole magnetic field and background gravitational field is considered to deflect the light rays which passed through its magnetosphere. We assume a square wave front with sides [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m as a grid with the [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m dynamic step. At the nodes of this grid, the rays enter perpendicularly into the cubic area, which covers the main magnetic lensing region with a magnetar at the center. On the basis of general relativity (GR) and nonlinear vacuum electrodynamics, the distribution of rays by the deflection angle in the combined field of the magnetar was obtained. On the basis of the analysis of the obtained data, it is possible to assert that the magnetic field distorts the result of gravitational lensing. Therefore, the magnetar is regarded as a gravitational-magnetic lensing object, wherein the magnetic field induces axial distortion within [Formula: see text]. These results are expected to be detectable by modern instruments.