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Influence of small-scale magnetic field on the reverse positron current in the inner gaps of radio pulsars

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The reverse positron current flowing through the inner gap of an old radio pulsar in the presence of a small-scale magnetic field is found. Computations for the case of both strong and weak screening of the longitudinal electric field by the electron–positron plasma are presented.

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Original Russian Text © D.P. Barsukov, O.A. Goglichidze, A.I. Tsygan, 2016, published in Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, Vol. 93, No. 6, pp. 569–580.

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Barsukov, D.P., Goglichidze, O.A. & Tsygan, A.I. Influence of small-scale magnetic field on the reverse positron current in the inner gaps of radio pulsars. Astron. Rep. 60, 586–597 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377291604003X

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