天文学家利用罕见的超强磁星破解量子谜题

一个国际研究团队利用美国国家航天局（NASA）的成像X射线偏振探测器（IXPE）观测了一颗磁陀星。此次观测可能首次探测到了磁陀星超强磁场中的真空双折射现象，有望解决量子力学中一个长期存在的谜题。

An international team observed a magnetar known as 1E 1547.0–5408 using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), leading to what could be the first detection of vacuum birefringence taking place in the magnetar’s ultra-strong magnetic field. These findings could potentially resolve a long-standing mystery quantum mechanics.