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%A Gonzalez Alarcon, Walter Demétrio,
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%B Magnetic reconnection: concepts and applications
%C New York
%D 2016
%E Gonzalez Alarcon, Walter Demetrio,
%E Parker, Eugene,
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%I Springer
%K Aharanov-bohm effect, dual slite interference, gauge-field interaction, ginzburg-landau energy equations, magnetic annihilation, neutron star cores, quantum magnetic fluxes, superconducting vortices, vector potential.
%P 521-538
%S Astrophysics and Space Science
%T Annihilation of quantum magnetic fluxes
%V 427
%X After introducing the concepts associated with the Aharonov and Bohm effect and with the existence of a quantum of magnetic flux (QMF), we briefly discuss the Ginzburg-Landau theory that explains its origin and fundamental consequences. Also relevant observations of QMFs obtained in the laboratory using superconducting systems (vortices) are mentioned. Next, we describe processes related with the interaction of QMFs with opposite directions in terms of the gauge field geometry related to the vector potential. Then, we discuss the use of a Lagrangian density for a scalar field theory involving radiation in order to describe the annihilation of QMFs, claimed to be responsible for the emission of photons with energies corresponding to that of the annihilated magnetic fields. Finally, a possible application of these concepts to the observed variable dynamics of neutron stars is briefly mentioned.
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%@electronicmailaddress walter.alarcon@inpe.br
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%@isbn 978-3-319-26430-1
%@isbn 978-3-319-26432-5
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%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
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%@doi 10.1007/978-3-139-26432-5_13
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