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Pair Creation in the Pulsar Magnetosphere

  • Authors: Paul N. Arendt, Jr. and Jean A. Eilek

Arendt & Eilek 2002 The Astrophysical Journal 581 451.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 6.

Photon spectrum dependence on μ. A sample of photon spectra is shown for ﹩B_{*}=10^{12}﹩ G and seed photon energy ﹩\varepsilon =3000﹩, for various cosine complements ﹩\mu .﹩ Spectra for angles smaller than ﹩\mu =10^{-7}﹩ are identical to the spectrum shown for ﹩\mu =10^{-7}﹩. Vertical offsets have been made for clarity. These typify the spectral shapes found: a gradual steepening with energy is seen, often with a high‐energy break above which the spectrum sharply steepens. The points at ﹩\epsilon =3000﹩ are seed photons that did not create pairs.

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