Kinetics of electron-positron pair plasmas using an adaptive Monte Carlo method

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 486, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 903-918

  Pilla, Ravi P ^a   Shaham, Jacob ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary particles; Plasmas; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744454286     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304534     Document Type: Article

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