Jonas P. Pereira

THE INFLUENCE OF QUANTUM VACUUM FRICTION ON PULSARS

We firstly revisit the energy loss mechanism known as quantum vacuum friction (QVF), clarifying some of its subtleties. Then we investigate the observables that could easily differentiate QVF from the classical magnetic dipole radiation for pulsars with braking indices (n) measured accurately. We show this is specially the case for the time evolution of a pulsars magnetic dipole direction (

Stability of thin-shell interfaces inside compact stars

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Physics and astrophysics of neutron stars

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One-way propagation of light in Born-Infeld-like metamaterials

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Trirefringence in nonlinear metamaterials

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Magnetic liquids under high electric fields as broadband optical diodes

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The flexibility of optical metrics

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Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle as a Probe of Modified Newtonian Dynamics.

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Energy decomposition within Einstein-Born-Infeld black holes

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Equivalence Principle tests as probes of Modified Newtonian Dynamics

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