Pair creation in the pulsar magnetosphere

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 581, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 451-469

  Arendt Jr , Paul N ^a   Eilek, Jean A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods: numerical; Plasmas; Pulsars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037904699     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344133     Document Type: Article

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