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Pulsar current sheet Cerenkov radiation

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0 Published in 2018 at "Astronomy and Astrophysics"

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201732184

Abstract: Plasma-filled pulsar magnetospheres contain thin current sheets wherein the charged particles are accelerated by magnetic reconnections to travel at ultra-relativistic speeds. On the other hand, the plasma frequency of the more regular force-free regions of… read more here.

Keywords: radio; pulsar current; cerenkov radiation; current sheet ... See more keywords