Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: The plasma motion in pulsar magnetospheres is no longer classical, but quasi-classical, following stochastic trajectories, when random curvature radiation of high energetic gamma-ray photons takes place. This implies an extension to the relativistic kinetic theory of plasmas. But with high energies involved other quantum radiative processes become important, in the context of vacuum (quantum) electrodynamics. The consequences for pulsar radiation mechanisms will be outlined.
Author: A. A. da Costa
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W57670641