Fermi energy and energy band occupation for a relativistic degenerate electron gas in a quantizing magnetic field

Shul'man, G. A.

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“…In papers [51][52][53], the Fermi-Dirac distribution taking into account the magnetic field in the strong degeneracy limit was applied to derive the equation of state of matter in the outer neutron star layers, and the strong field effects on beta-processes in the crust were considered. Similar research was performed in papers by G A Shul'man and co-authors [27,54,55]. Several studies were devoted to deriving thermodynamic functions of fermions heavier than electrons [56,57] endowed with an anomalous magnetic moment [58], with or without an electric charge.…”

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Free electron gas and electron–positron pair equilibrium in a magnetic field

Бисноватый-Коган¹,

Kondratyev²

2021

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The thermodynamic properties of electron gas under the extreme conditions of high temperature, high matter density, and/or a strong magnetic field largely determine the behaviour of matter in upper layers of neutron stars and accretion columns of magnetized neutron stars in binary systems. A strong magnetic field in these objects makes the motion of electrons across the field essentially quantum. The possible electron degeneracy and relativism of electrons are also important. When studying accretion onto a magnetar in a binary system, the intensive generation of electron-positron pairs in the quantizing magnetic field should also be taken into account. We consider in detail the thermodynamic properties of a gas of free electrons in strong magnetic fields, taking into account their relativism and degeneracy, as well as the equilibrium creation of electron-positron pairs in a high-temperature plasma in the presence of a quantizing magnetic field.

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