Effects of triplet pair production on ultrarelativistic electrons in a soft photon field

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Dec 1991

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 252, no. 1, Dec. 1991, p. 414-420.

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Atomic Energy Levels, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Neutron Stars, Pair Production, Photons, Relativistic Electron Beams, Compton Effect, Computational Astrophysics, Cosmic Rays, Stellar Magnetospheres, Supernova 1987A, Synchrotron Radiation

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An approximate formula is derived for the rate at which electrons lose energy through the triplet pair production process. This expression is compared with the exact numerical results of Mastichiadis, and with energy-loss rates associated with Compton scattering, synchrotron emission, bremsstrahlung, and curvature radiation. This process is unlikely to be important in the formation of the spectrum of high energy cosmic-ray electrons, but could be important in models of ultra-high energy gamma-ray sources, or in pair-cascade calculations in the magnetospheres of neutron stars.

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