Cyclotron line features from near-critical magnetic fields: The effect of optical depth and plasma geometry

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 517, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 334-354

  Araya, Rafael A ^a   Harding, Alice K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic processes; Line: formation; Magnetic fields; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Scattering; Stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033468713     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/307157     Document Type: Article

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