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Description
The Faraday effect, the rotation of the polarization plane of electromagnetic waves in a magnetized medium, is a fundamental magneto-optical phenomenon that appears across a wide range of fields, including condensed matter physics, plasma physics, and astrophysics. Although the conventional Faraday effect originates from the cyclotron motion of charged particles in a medium, the spin of the particles can also contribute to the effect.
In this talk, we investigate the spin contribution to the Faraday effect in a non-relativistic magnetized plasma. Using the kinetic equation derived from the underlying quantum field theory, we show that the Faraday rotation angle due to the spin contribution is independent of wavelength, unlike the conventional contribution. We also discuss some phenomenological implications.
