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Relativistic generalization of the Child-Langmuir law is derived for flows involving two oppositely charged species. A large enhancement of the space-charge-limited current in the ultrarelativistic limit, in which both species are accelerated to energies exceeding their rest-mass energies, is demonstrated.
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