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Production of Pairs by Linear Acceleration Emission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

D. B. Melrose
D. B. Melrose*
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australiad.melrose@physics.usyd.edu.au
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Abstract

The possibility is considered that core emission in pulsars results from secondary e± pairs generated through linear acceleration emission (LAE), rather than the conventional curvature emission (CE). It is found that this is possible in principle, but only under conditions that appear not to be satisfied in practice.

Keywords

pulsarsgamma rayspairs
Type
High-energy Astrophysics
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1996 , pp. 140 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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