Ultrarelativistic Electron-Positron Plasma
Abstract
Ultrarelativistic electron-positron plasmas can be produced in high-intensity laser fields and play a role in various astrophysical situations. Their properties can be calculated using QED at finite temperature. Here we will use perturbative QED at finite temperature for calculating various important properties, such as the equation of state, dispersion relations of collective plasma modes of photons and electrons, Debye screening, damping rates, mean free paths, collision times, transport coefficients, and particle production rates, of ultrarelativistic electron-positron plasmas. In particular, we will focus on electron-positron plasmas produced with ultra-strong lasers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0810.0909,
title = {Ultrarelativistic Electron-Positron Plasma},
author = {Markus H. Thoma},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.0909},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 8 figures, 1 table, invited talk presented at the ELI Workshop and School on Fundamental Physics with Ultra-high Fields (September 29 - October 2, 2008, Frauenwoerth, Germany)