Published 1982
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Relativistic plasmas
Description
Recent work on the kinetic theory of a highly relativistic electron gas and the associated photon opacity is discussed. The relaxation time for thermalization by Moller scattering is compared with the characteristic times associated with various loss processes acting to perturb the distribution away from equilibrium. For an optically thin plasma, bremsstrahlung is found to dominate Moller scattering when the dimensionless electron temperature is greater than about 3.5. Results are presented for the opacity from Compton scattering, pair production in the fields of electrons and ions, inverse bremsstrahlung, and synchrotron self-absorption
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics.
- Imprint Place
- New York, NY (USA)
- Imprint Title
- Gamma ray transients and related astrophysical phenomena
- Journal Page Range
- p. 169-177.
Conference
- Title
- Workshop on gamma ray transients and related astrophysical phenomena.
- Dates
- 5-8 Aug 1981.
- Place
- La Jolla, CA (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15026504
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ABSORPTION; BREMSSTRAHLUNG; COMPTON EFFECT; ELECTRON GAS; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; KINETICS; OPACITY; PAIR PRODUCTION; PHOTONS; PLASMA; RELAXATION TIME; THERMALIZATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; ELASTIC SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INTERACTIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING; SLOWING-DOWN; SPACE