Spin-polarization effects in the processes of synchrotron radiation and electron-positron pair production by a photon in a magnetic field

Abstract

Spin and polarization effects and correlations between them in the processes of pair production by a photon and synchrotron radiation in a magnetic field are considered. Expressions for the probabilities of the processes with arbitrary polarizations of the particles are obtained. These expressions are analyzed in detail in both the lowest Landau levels and ultrarelativistic approximations.

Comments: RevTeX, 12 pages, 8 figures, published in Physical Review D