A three-dimensional outer magnetospheric gap model for gamma-ray pulsars: Geometry, pair production, emission morphologies, and phase-resolved spectra

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 537, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 964-976

  Cheng, K S ^a   Ruderman, M ^c   Zhang, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gamma rays: theory; Pulsars: general; Stars: magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034412503     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/309051     Document Type: Article

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