00 2 Comment on “ The Effect of Vacuum Polarization . . . in Strongly Magnetized Plasmas ” by Ozel ( astro - ph / 0203449 )
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We have recently shown that in a highly magnetized neutron star atmospheric plasma, vacuum polarization can induce resonant conversion of photon polarization modes via a mechanism analogous to MSW neutrino oscillation. In a recent paper Ozel has dismissed this mode conversion effect as " mistakes ". Here we explain why our arguments/calculations of this effect are correct.
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