The effect of plasma background on the instability of two non-parallel quantum plasma shells in whole K space
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Institute for Plasma Research, Kharazmi University, 49 Dr. Mofatteh Avenue, Tehran 15614 (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Description
In this paper, quantum fluid equations together with Maxwell's equations are used to study the stability problem of non-parallel and non-relativistic plasma shells colliding over a "background plasma" at arbitrary angle, as a first step towards a microscopic understanding of the collision shocks. The calculations have been performed for all magnitude and directions of wave vectors. The colliding plasma shells in the vacuum region have been investigated in the previous works as a counter-streaming model. While, in the presence of background plasma (more realistic system), the colliding shells are mainly non-paralleled. The obtained results show that the presence of background plasma often suppresses the maximum growth rate of instabilities (in particular case, this behavior is contrary). It is also found that the largest maximum growth rate occurs for the two-stream instability of the configuration consisting of counter-streaming currents in a very dilute plasma background. The results derived in this study can be used to analyze the systems of three colliding plasma slabs, provided that the used coordinate system is stationary relative to the one of the particle slabs. The present analytical investigations can be applied to describe the quantum violent astrophysical phenomena such as white dwarf stars collision with other dense astrophysical bodies or supernova remnants. Moreover, at the limit of ℏ→0, the obtained results described the classical (sufficiently dilute) events of colliding plasma shells such as gamma-ray bursts and flares in the solar winds
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.4886358;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics of Plasmas
- Journal Volume
- 21
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 072106-072106.11
- ISSN
- 1070-664X
- CODEN
- PHPAEN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46010246
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM FLUIDS; QUANTUM PLASMA; RELATIVISTIC PLASMA; SOLAR WIND; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; TWO-STREAM INSTABILITY; WHITE DWARF STARS
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DWARF STARS; EQUATIONS; FLUIDS; INSTABILITY; IONIZING RADIATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHYSICS; PLASMA; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MICROINSTABILITIES; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STARS; STELLAR ACTIVITY; STELLAR WINDS
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