Bound pair creation in polar gaps and gamma-ray emission from radio pulsars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 464, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 306-315

  Usov, V V ^a   Melrose, D B ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elementary particles; Gamma rays: theory; Pulsars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344449103     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177321     Document Type: Article

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