Effective photon charge in relativistically hot electron-positron plasmas

Mendonca, J.T. and Shukla, P.K. (2008) Effective photon charge in relativistically hot electron-positron plasmas. Physica Scripta, 77 (1). ISSN 0031-8949 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/77/01/018201)

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Abstract

We present an expression for the effective charge of photons in a relativistic hot electron-positron plasma. For this purpose, we use the electron density perturbation that is driven by the photon ponderomotive force and compare the resultant electron charge density with the photon charge density. It is found that the photon charge depends on the plasma frequency, the plasmas temperature, as well as on the photon frequency. The relevance of our investigation to nonlinear couplings between photons and relativistically hot pair plasmas is mentioned.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:19842
    Dates:
    Date
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    January 2008
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
    Date deposited:09 Jun 2010 10:15
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 09:20
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/19842
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