Heisenberg’s Astrophysics Prediction Finally Confirmed After 80 Years – Forbes

Heisenberg's Astrophysics Prediction Finally Confirmed After 80 Years
Forbes
Light coming from the surface of a neutron star can be polarized by the strong magnetic field it passes through, thanks to the phenomenon of vacuum birefringence. Detectors here on Earth can measure the effective rotation of the polarized light. Image ...

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Heisenberg's Astrophysics Prediction Finally Confirmed After 80 Years - Forbes

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Cosmological parameter extraction and biases from type Ia supernova magnitude evolution - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Continuous monitoring of pulse period variations in Hercules X-1 using Swift/BAT - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Constraining the ortho-to-para ratio of H{_2} with anomalous H{_2}CO absorption - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
A photometric and spectroscopic study of the new dwarf spheroidal galaxy in Hercules - Metallicity, velocities, and a clean list of RGB members - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Luminosities and mass-loss rates of SMC and LMC AGB stars and red supergiants - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Electron beam – plasma system with the return current and directivity of its X-ray emission - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The propagation of the shock wave from a strong explosion in a plane-parallel stratified medium: the Kompaneets approximation - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Analysis of hydrogen-rich magnetic white dwarfs detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Letter: Centaurus A as TeV \gamma-ray and possible UHE cosmic-ray source - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Young pre-low-mass X-ray binaries in the propeller phase - Nature of the 6.7-h periodic X-ray source 1E 161348-5055 in RCW 103 - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Radiative rates and electron impact excitation rates for transitions in Cr VIII - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Solar granulation from photosphere to low chromosphere observed in Ba II 4554 Å line - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Does the HD 209458 planetary system pose a challenge to the stellar atmosphere models? - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Effect of asymmetry of the radio source distribution on the apparent proper motion kinematic analysis - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Destriping CMB temperature and polarization maps - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Search for cold debris disks around M-dwarfs. II - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Precise data on Leonid fireballs from all-sky photographic records - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
An X-ray view of 82 LINERs with Chandra and XMM-Newton data - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Radio observations of ZwCl 2341.1+0000: a double radio relic cluster - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Candidate free-floating super-Jupiters in the young \sigma Orionis open cluster - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The metallicity gradient as a tracer of history and structure: the Magellanic Clouds and M33 galaxies - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
XMMSL1 J060636.2-694933: an XMM-Newton slew discovery and Swift/Magellan follow up of a new classical nova in the LMC - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The inner rim structures of protoplanetary discs - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The solar Ba{\sf II} 4554 Å line as a Doppler diagnostic: NLTE analysis in 3D hydrodynamical model - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Magnetic evolution of superactive regions - Complexity and potentially unstable magnetic discontinuities - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Low-mass protostars and dense cores in different evolutionary stages in IRAS 00213+6530 - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
PMAS optical integral field spectroscopy of luminous infrared galaxies - I. The atlas - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
First AGILE catalog of high-confidence gamma-ray sources - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
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Physical structure and water line spectrum predictions of the intermediate mass protostar OMC2-FIR4 - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The bright galaxy population of five medium redshift clusters - II. Quantitative galaxy morphology - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Dust in brown dwarfs and extra-solar planets - II. Cloud formation for cosmologically evolving abundances - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
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Complexity in the sunspot cycle - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Properties and nature of Be stars - 26. Long-term and orbital changes of \zeta Tauri - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The massive Wolf-Rayet binary LSS 1964 (=WR 29) - II. The V light curve - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Supernova progenitor stars in the initial range of 23 to 33 solar masses and their relation with the SNR Cassiopeia A - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram of Star Clusters - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Table of the 10 Brightest stars within 10 Parsecs of the Sun - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram of the Nearest Stars - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Magnitude and Color in Astronomy - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Stellar Types - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Brown Dwarfs - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Spotting the Minimum - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The Structure and Evolution of Brown Dwarfs - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
No Bang from the Big Bang Machine - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The Sizes of the Stars and the Planets - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
An Implausible Light Thrust - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
the Masses of Degenerate Objects - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Degeneracy Pressure - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Introduction to Degenerate Objects - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The Radii of Degenerate Objects - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The Inevitability of Black Holes - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Scientific Pig-Out - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The Neutrino Cooling of Degenerate Dwarfs - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
The Neutrino Cooling of Neutron Stars - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Overview of Supernovae - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Energetics of Thermonuclear Supernovae - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Thermonuclear Supernovae - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Nuclear Reactions in Thermonuclear Supernovae - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Core-Collapse Supernovae - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Neutrinos and SN 1987A - November 8th, 2009 [November 8th, 2009]
Revealing the sub-AU asymmetries of the inner dust rim in the disk around the Herbig Ae star R Coronae Austrinae - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
Probing the dust properties of galaxies up to submillimetre wavelengths - I. The spectral energy distribution of dwarf galaxies using LABOCA - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
On the physical origin of the second solar spectrum of the Sc II line at 4247 Å - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
On detecting the large separation in the autocorrelation of stellar oscillation times series - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
Imaging the spotty surface of Betelgeuse in the H band - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
Chandra observation of Cepheus A: the diffuse emission of HH 168 resolved - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
A planetary eclipse map of CoRoT-2a - Comprehensive lightcurve modeling combining rotational-modulation and transits - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
The chemical composition of carbon stars. The R-type stars - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
Flow instabilities of magnetic flux tubes - IV. Flux storage in the solar overshoot region - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
Fragmentation of a dynamically condensing radiative layer - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
Temporal variations of the CaXIX spectra in solar flares - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
Deuterium chemistry in the Orion Bar PDR - “Warm” chemistry starring CH_{2}D^+ - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
Metal abundances in the cool cores of galaxy clusters - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
The nature of the X-ray binary IGR J19294+1816 from INTEGRAL, RXTE, and Swift observations - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]
Relating basic properties of bright early-type dwarf galaxies to their location in Abell 901/902 - December 13th, 2009 [December 13th, 2009]