Theory of pulsar winds

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 466-474

  Arons, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulsar winds; Rotation powered pulsars; Synchrotron emission

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FORCE CONTROL; KINETIC ENERGY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; OBSERVATORIES; ROTATION; SPACE RESEARCH; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

PULSAR WINDS; TERMINAL PARTICLE ENERGY;

WIND EFFECTS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 1842691030     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.014     Document Type: Article

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