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Pair Production in Intense Electromagnetic Fields of Pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

T.Y. Shi*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing China

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The possible existence of strong electromagnetic fields in pulsars has motivated extensive interest in investigation of various quantum electrodynamics processes. In particular, the process of converting high energy photons into electron-positron pairs is of great significance in pulsar theory.

Type
I. Rotation-Powered Pulsars
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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