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A Linear Acceleration Emission Mechanism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

E. T. Rowe*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006

Abstract

A theory of linear acceleration emission, with possible application to pulsars, is developed. The equation of motion for a relativistic charged particle accelerated in the field of a longitudinal wave is solved to first order in the electric potential and used to derive the first order current. The power emitted and the absorption coefficient are calculated and the conditions under which masing can occur are discussed.

Type
Galactic and Stellar
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1990

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