Magnetic photon splitting: Computations of proper-time rates and spectra

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 482, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 372-376

  Baring, Matthew G ^a,b   Harding, Alice K ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Gamma rays: theory; Pulsars: general radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Stars: magnetic fields; Stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744439875     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304152     Document Type: Article

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