Massive particle production from accelerated sources in high magnetic fields

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2011-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/1101.2433v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

3 pages. Prepared for the proceedings of the 4th School on Cosmic Rays and Astrophysics, August 25-September 04 2010, Sao Paul

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Non-electromagnetic emissions from high energy particles in extreme environments has been studied in the literature by using several variations of the semi-classical formalism. The detailed mechanisms behind such emissions are of great astrophysical interest since they can alter appreciably the associated energy loss rates. Here, we review the role played by the source proper acceleration $a$ in the particle production process. The acceleration $a$ determines the typical scale characterizing the particle production and, moreover, if the massive particle production is inertially forbidden, it will be strongly suppressed for $a$ below a certain threshold. In particular, we show that, for the case of accelerated protons in typical pulsar magnetospheres, the corresponding accelerations $a$ are far below the pion production threshold.

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