Published March 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Multiscale structures in relativistic pair plasmas

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890 (Pakistan)
  • 2. Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561 (Japan)
  • 3. Institute of Physics, Tamarashvili 6, Tbilisi (Georgia)

Description

The steady-state solution of a pair plasma with relativistic thermal velocity of the constituent particles (electrons and positrons) is investigated. The relaxed state can be written as a superposition of three Beltrami fields. Generally, the associated scale parameters could be a complex conjugate pair and a real one. It is shown that at higher thermal energies, all the scale parameters become real. It is also observed that one component gets a large scale (system size) while the other two components appear with small scale of the order of the skin depth at relativistic temperature

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 032905-032905.6
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39116043
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRONS; POSITRONS; RELATIVISTIC PLASMA; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; THERMODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MATTER; PLASMA

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