New low-frequency nonlinear electromagnetic wave in a magnetized plasma

A new nonlinear electromagnetic mode in a magnetized plasma is predicted. Its existence depends on the interaction of an intense, circularly polarized electromagnetic wave with a plasma, where quantum electrodynamical photon-photon scattering is taken into account. This scattering gives rise to a new coupling between the matter and the radiation. Specifically, we consider an electron-positron plasma and show that the propagation of the new mode is admitted. It could be of significance in pulsar magnetospheres, and result in energy transport between the pulsar poles.