2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/160613The theory for large amplitude circularly polarized waves propagating along an external magnetic field is extended in order to include also vacuum polarization effects. A general dispersion relation, which unites previous results, is derived.5 pages (To appear in Physics of Plasmas)Plasma PhysicsCircularly polarized waves in a plasma with vacuum polarization effectstext