Vacuum birefringence QFT treatment

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The forum discussion centers on the vacuum birefringence phenomenon as evidenced by the optical polarimetry measurement of the isolated neutron star RX J1856.5−3754, as detailed in the arXiv paper (1610.08323). The user expresses dissatisfaction with existing resources on Quantum Field Theory (QFT) related to this topic, specifically seeking more detailed explanations beyond what is provided in the paper. Ultimately, the user found the necessary details but not through directly related papers, indicating a gap in accessible QFT resources for this specific application.

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Evidence for vacuum birefringence from the rst optical polarimetry measurement of the isolated neutron star RX J1856.5−3754
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&sour...LibV7MEMcK__s9nMQ&sig2=AtNYaP5WqBse-GHyQk-FCw

I'm looking for the QFT treatment of the above paper.
Anyone know of any good resources. I don't like the web search explanations I've been running across especially wiki in this case. The arxiv paper above doesn't have the details I'm looking for. Not sure how far to trust the findings in the above paper lol. Doesn't have the details I would consider trustworthy

The QFT articles I've been studying don't have details on this. PS don't worry about math complexity the more detail the better
 
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update found the details I needed, though not through any papers directly related to the above.

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