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Radiation spectrum of optically thin relativistic electron-positron plasma

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The annihilation spectrum of isotropically distributed monoenergetic electrons and positrons is analysed. For the annihilation spectrum of Maxwellian electron-positron plasma the convenient analytical expressions in the case of relativistic as well as nonrelativistic temperatures are obtained. A comparison of our results with those based on up-to-date numerical investigations is carried out.

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  1. Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia, USSR

    F. A. Aharonian, A. M. Atoyan & R. A. Sunyaev

  2. Physics Department of Yerevan University, Yerevan, Armenia, USSR

    A. M. Atoyan

  3. Space Research Institute, Moscow, USSR

    R. A. Sunyaev

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Aharonian, F.A., Atoyan, A.M. & Sunyaev, R.A. Radiation spectrum of optically thin relativistic electron-positron plasma. Astrophys Space Sci 93, 229–245 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00648730

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