The Pair Production Spectrum from Photon-Photon Annihilation
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present the first completely analytical computation of the full differential \gamma-\gamma pair production rate from compact radiation fields, exact to 2nd order QED, and use this result to investigate the validity of previously known approximations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9703069,
title = {The Pair Production Spectrum from Photon-Photon Annihilation},
author = {M. Boettcher and R. Schlickeiser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9703069},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, LaTeX, uses epsf.sty, rotate.sty; submitted to Astronomy & Astrophysics