Particle acceleration and magnetic dissipation in relativistic current sheet of pair plasmas

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 670, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 702-726

  Zenitani, S ^a   Hoshino, M ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Magnetic fields; Plasmas; Pulsars: individual (crab pulsar); Relativity; Stars: winds, outflows

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649000507     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522226     Document Type: Article

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