Extreme Plasma Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2019-07-23 v2 Plasma Physics
Abstract
This is a science white paper submitted to the Astro-2020 and Plasma-2020 Decadal Surveys. The paper describes the present status and emerging opportunities in Extreme Plasma Astrophysics -- a study of astrophysically-relevant plasma processes taking place under extreme conditions that necessitate taking into account relativistic, radiation, and QED effects.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.05328,
title = {Extreme Plasma Astrophysics},
author = {D. Uzdensky and M. Begelman and A. Beloborodov and R. Blandford and S. Boldyrev and B. Cerutti and F. Fiuza and D. Giannios and T. Grismayer and M. Kunz and N. Loureiro and M. Lyutikov and M. Medvedev and M. Petropoulou and A. Philippov and E. Quataert and A. Schekochihin and K. Schoeffler and L. Silva and L. Sironi and A. Spitkovsky and G. Werner and V. Zhdankin and J. Zrake and E. Zweibel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.05328},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
A science white paper submitted to the Astro-2020 and Plasma-2020 Decadal Surveys. 7 pages including cover page and references. Paper updated in late March 2019 to include a several additional co-authors and references, and a few small changes