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Magnetic pair production above fast pulsar polar caps

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Magnetic pair production is one of the high-energy electromagnetic conversion processes important to the development of pair-photon cascades in pulsars. On the basis of current polar cap models, the properties of magnetic pair production in fast pulsars are discussed. Suppose there is a roughly dipole magnetic field at the stellar surface, the author estimate the effects on non-zero curvature of magnetic field lines upon curvature radiation from primary particles and the pair production rate near the surface of pulsars

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Imprint Title
Ninteenth International Cosmic Ray Conference. OG sessions, volume 3
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N--85-34862