Beltrami-Bernoulli Equilibria in Plasmas with Degenerate Electrons
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2015-06-23 v2 Plasma Physics
Abstract
A new class of Double Beltrami-Bernoulli equilibria, sustained by electron degeneracy pressure, are investigated. It is shown that due to electron degeneracy, a nontrivial Beltrami-Bernoulli equilibrium state is possible even for a zero temperature plasma. These states are, conceptually, studied to show the existence of new energy transformation pathways converting, for instance, the degeneracy energy into fluid kinetic energy. Such states may be of relevance to compact astrophysical objects like white dwarfs, neutron stars etc.
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@article{arxiv.1412.6656,
title = {Beltrami-Bernoulli Equilibria in Plasmas with Degenerate Electrons},
author = {V. I. Berezhiani and N. L. Shatashvili and S. M. Mahajan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.6656},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
accepted for publication in Phys. Plasmas; minor revisions made answering referee's comments