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In this paper, we study the deflection angle for wormhole-like static aether solution by using Gibbons and Werner technique in non-plasma, plasma, and dark matter mediums. For this purpose, we use optical spacetime geometry to calculate the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-05 Wajiha Javed , Sibgha Riaz , Reggie C. Pantig , Ali Övgün

We study partially ionized hydrogen plasma at temperatures T = 10^{5.5}-10^{6.5} K and magnetic fields B = 10^{12}-10^{13} G, typical of photospheres of isolated neutron stars. We construct an analytic model of the plasma free energy and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Y. Potekhin , Yu. A. Shibanov , J. Ventura

Radiation reaction cooling plays an important role in describing the extreme plasma conditions found in the magnetospheres of astrophysical compact objects. Strong electromagnetic fields, characteristic of these environments, can trigger…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 João Joaquim , Francisco Assunção , Pablo J. Bilbao , Luis O. Silva

We consider the gravitational lensing of rays emitted by a compact object (CO) within a distribution of plasma with power-law density $\propto r^{-h}$. For the simplest case of a cloud of spherically symmetric cold non-magnetized plasma,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-23 Adam Rogers

We study the expansion of ultracold neutral plasmas in the regime in which inelastic collisions are negligible. The plasma expands due to the thermal pressure of the electrons, and for an initial spherically symmetric Gaussian density…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Laha , P. Gupta , C. E. Simien , H. Gao , J. Castro , T. Pohl , T. C. Killian

We obtain the deflection angle for a boosted Kerr black hole in the weak field approximation. We also study the behavior of light in the presence of plasma by considering different distributions: singular isothermal sphere, non-singular…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-03 Carlos A. Benavides-Gallego , A. A. Abdujabbarov , Cosimo Bambi

The localized deposition of the energy of a laser pulse, as it ablates a solid target, introduces high thermal pressure gradients in the plasma. The thermal expansion of this laser-heated plasma into the ambient medium (ionized residual…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-30 M E Dieckmann , G Sarri , L Romagnani , I Kourakis , M Borghesi

In the paper we discuss propagation of light around Kerr black hole surrounded by non-magnetized cold plasma with infinite conductivity. For that purpose, we use equations for propagation of light rays obtained within Synge's approach in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-13 Matej Sárený , Vladimír Balek

The hot electron-positron unmagnetized plasma with small fraction of cold electron-ion plasma is investigated. The modulational interactions of the electromagnetic waves and the electron-sound waves are studied. The possibility of soliton…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. L. Shatashvili , J. I. Javakhishvili , H. Kaya

The linear stability analysis of an optically thin plasma where a general reaction proceeds, including chemical relaxation time effects, is carried out . A fifth order dispersion equation (instead of the fourth order one resulting when such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miguel H. Iba~nez S.

In this study, we explore gravitational lensing using more realistic dark matter halo models, moving beyond the limitations of spherical-collapse approximations. Through analytical calculations employing various mass functions, we address…

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We have developed methods for tracing rays and performing radiative transfer through a magnetoactive plasma in a general relativistic environment. The two electromagnetic plasma modes propagate differently due to a combination of dispersive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Avery Broderick , Roger Blandford

The non-equilibrium electron-positron-photon plasma thermalization process is studied using relativistic Boltzmann solver, taking into account quantum corrections both in non-relativistic and relativistic cases. Collision integrals are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-20 M. A. Prakapenia , I. A. Siutsou , G. V. Vereshchagin

We present a new method to infer parameters of the temperature-density relation in the intergalactic medium in the post-reionization epoch at $z\sim 2-4$. This method is based on the analysis of the Ly$\alpha$ absorbers distribution over…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-24 K. N. Telikova , P. S. Shternin , S. A. Balashev

Ultracold neutral plasmas provide a useful system for studying extreme parameter regimes plasma physics in an accessible laboratory setting. The parameter space of plasma physics can be characterized in part by coupling strength and degree…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 Ryan C. Baker , Bridget O'Mara , Jacob L. Roberts

In the article an ultracold electron-ion plasma created by photoionization of cooled atoms is investigated. We obtained analitical expressions for non-ideality parameters which establish due to correlation heating. In the work the nearest…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-08-01 Anatoli Gavrilyuk

The fast solar wind is a collisionless plasma permeated by plasma waves on many different scales. A plasma wave represents the natural interplay between the periodic changes of the electromagnetic field and the associated coherent motions…

Space Physics · Physics 2011-07-29 Daniel Verscharen , Eckart Marsch

The bending angle of light is a central quantity in the theory of gravitational lensing. We develop an analytical perturbation framework for calculating the bending angle of light rays lensed by a Schwarzschild black hole. Using a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Savitri V. Iyer , Arlie O. Petters

We have investigated the characteristics of shadows cast by the Kerr black hole in the presence of plasma and compared them to those of a rotating wormhole in a uniform plasma space-time for an observer at infinity. Interestingly, for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-03 Saurabh Kumar , Akhil Uniyal , Sayan Chakrabarti