Electromagnetic Waves in Hot and Dense Media

TL;DR

This paper discusses how finite temperature and density corrections affect electromagnetic wave properties in hot, dense media, with implications for interpreting astronomical signals and understanding phase transitions in stellar matter.

Contribution

It introduces a framework to incorporate modified electromagnetic signal properties due to FTD corrections for analyzing astronomical data and stellar phase transitions.

Findings

FTD corrections increase electron mass and alter radiation properties.

Temperature and chemical potential influence QED coupling.

Signal modifications can reveal phase transitions in stellar matter.

Abstract

It is known that the finite temperature and density (FTD) corrections increase the electron mass, charge and modify the properties of the emitted radiation. All the signals, travelling through the astronomical bodies, carry over the information of their origin and bring minor details about the structure and composition of the source. It has been noticed that temperatures of the early universe add physically measureable mass to electron and large chemical potential lead to an increase in mass as well. However, the QED coupling is slowly increased with temperature but is decreased with increasing chemical potential in superdense systems. Due to the strong relationship between the properties of electromagnetic signals and composition of the material of the propagating objects, we propose to incorporate the modified signal properties to analyze the astronomical data and its interpretation. Existence of different phases of stellar matter at the quantum scale indicates frequent phase transitions for rapidly rotating superdense materials. This information is related to the fact that the allowed range of temperature and chemical potential for a physical system is determined by the signal properties and properties changes with the material as well..