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    Quantum treatment of neutrino in background matter

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    Motivated by the need of elaboration of the quantum theory of the spin light of neutrino in matter (SLνSL\nu), we have studied in more detail the exact solutions of the Dirac equation for neutrinos moving in the background matter. These exact neutrino wavefunctions form a basis for a rather powerful method of investigation of different neutrino processes in matter, which is similar to the Furry representation of quantum electrodynamics in external fields. Within this method we also derive the corresponding Dirac equation for an electron moving in matter and consider the electromagnetic radiation ("spin light of electron in matter", SLeSLe) that can be emitted by the electron in this case.Comment: 10 pages, in: Proceedings of QFEXT'05 (The Seventh Workshop on Quantum Field Theory under the Influence of External Conditions, IEEC, CSIC and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 5-9 September 2005.), ed. by Emilio Elizalde and Sergei Odintsov; published in Journal of Physics

    On the problem of relativistic particles motion in strong magnetic field and dense matter

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    We consider a problem of electron motion in different media and magnetic field. It is shown that in case of nonmoving medium and constant homogenious magnetic field the electron energies are quantized. We also discuss the general problem of eigenvectors and eigenvalues of a given class of Hamiltonians. We examine obtained exact solutions for the particular case of the electron motion in a rotating neutron star with account for matter and magnetic field effects. We argue that all of these considerations can be usefull for astrophysical applications
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