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Induced Compton Scattering in a Pulsar Wind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

S. J. Hardy  and
D. B. Melrose
S. J. Hardy
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. stephen@physics.vsyd.edu.au
D. B. Melrose
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. stephen@physics.vsyd.edu.au
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Abstract

We resolve a conflict in the literature concerning the effect of induced Compton scattering on the propagation of radio waves through the electron–positron wind surrounding a pulsar.

Keywords

pulsarsradiative transfer
Type
Gallactic and Stellar
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , April 1995 , pp. 84 - 88
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1995

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