On stability of collisional coupling between relativistic electrons and ions in hot plasmas
Plasma Physics
2013-02-12 v1
Abstract
The collisional coupling of relativistic electrons and non-relativistic ions in hot plasmas has been analysed. It is found that relativistic effects produce a new feature: while the condition T_e<3T_i guarantees a stable collisional coupling between electrons and ions in low-temperature plasmas, relativistic effects shift the upper T_e/T_i boundary of stability to higher values. Moreover, for sufficiently high temperatures, T_{e,i} > 75 keV, collisional decoupling between relativistic electrons and ions becomes impossible.
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@article{arxiv.1302.2526,
title = {On stability of collisional coupling between relativistic electrons and ions in hot plasmas},
author = {I. Marushchenko and N. A. Azarenkov and N. B. Marushchenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.2526},
year = {2013}
}