Gamma Ray Production in an Accreting Neutron Stars
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2007-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Inverse compton (IC) scattering of lower frequency photons by relativistic electrons
was used as a method for the production of high-energy gamma-rays in an accreting
neutron stars. A spectrum function is derived.Based on which we obtained two new
results. First there is a maximum scattered photon energy for a given resonant scattering
which depends on both the incident electron energy and the magnetic field, but
is independent of the incident photon energy. It is also found that the common upper
limit of the scattered photon energy is the highest scattered photon energy for any
given incident photon and electron energy. Thus this may have physical implications
for Gamma-ray production
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Accreting Neutron Stars