Weibel Instabilities in a Completely Degenerate Electron Fermi Gas
Astrophysics
2015-05-13 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Plasma Physics
Abstract
We study the Weibel instability in a degenerate Fermi plasma. We disclose new type of quantum Weibel instabilities. In particular, a novel oscillatory Weibel instability is found and its growth rate is obtained. We reveal a transverse zero-sound in a quantum degenerate electron gas, which has no counterpart in the classical consideration.
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@article{arxiv.0804.0953,
title = {Weibel Instabilities in a Completely Degenerate Electron Fermi Gas},
author = {Levan N. Tsintsadze},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.0953},
year = {2015}
}
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Submitted to Phys. Rev. E on 5 March 2008