Radio Pulsars Resonantly Accelerating Electrons
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Brief Outline of Theory
- (1)
- The rate of energy gain stems from a quantum effect;
- (2)
- It requires the perpendicular momentum to be nonzero;
- (3)
- It is resonantly enhanced.
3. Theory in the Pulsar Context
4. Summary
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AGN | Active galactic nuclei |
EM | Electromagnetic |
IC | Inverse Compton |
KG | Klein–Gordon |
KN | Klein–Nishina |
LC | Light cylinder |
MA | Magneto-centrifugal acceleration |
VHE | Very high energy |
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Osmanov, Z.N.; Mahajan, S.M. Radio Pulsars Resonantly Accelerating Electrons. Astronomy 2023, 2, 226-234. https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy2040016
Osmanov ZN, Mahajan SM. Radio Pulsars Resonantly Accelerating Electrons. Astronomy. 2023; 2(4):226-234. https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy2040016
Chicago/Turabian StyleOsmanov, Zaza N., and Swadesh M. Mahajan. 2023. "Radio Pulsars Resonantly Accelerating Electrons" Astronomy 2, no. 4: 226-234. https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy2040016