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We simulate magnetic reconnection in electron-positron (pair) plasma using a collisionless two-fluid model with isotropic pressure. In this model the resistive, Hall, and electrokinetic pressure terms are absent from the curl of Ohm's law,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-12-03 E. A. Johnson , J. A. Rossmanith

The dispersion relation of longitudinal electrostatic oscillations in a relativistic plasma is studied in the context of the nonextensive statistics formalism proposed by Tsallis [C. Tsallis, J. Stat. Phys. {\bf 52}, 479 (1988)], where…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Victor Munoz

In this introductory review article, we explore the special relativistic equations of particle motions and the consequent derivation of Einstein's famous formula $E=mc^2$. Next, we study the special relativistic electromagnetic field…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Das , A. DeBenedictis , S. Kloster , N. Tariq

Recently the interest in relativistic quantum plasma is increasing primarily to understand the fundamentals of the plasma behaviour and its properties. Mathematical models used to investigate these plasma are still need to be matured.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-11-13 Rashid Ahmad , Ikramullah , Saqib Sharif , Shakir Husain , Fida Younus Khattak

We derive a nonlinear equation governing dynamics of short-wavelength longitudinal waves in ultrarelativistic electron-positron-ion plasmas. In contrast to the recent work by Lashkin [Phys. Plasmas {\textbf{27}}, 102302 (2020)], where a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-07-28 V. M. Lashkin

We investigate a novel mechanism of bulk acceleration for relativistic jets of pure electron-positron pair plasma.We assumed that relativistically hot plasma is optically thick for Compton scattering and then pair plasma coupled dynamically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Iwamoto , F. Takahara

The existence of soliton-like electromagnetic (EM) distributions in a fully degenerate electron-positron plasma is studied applying relativistic hydrodynamic and Maxwell equations. For circularly polarized wave it is found that the soliton…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 V. I. Berezhiani , N. L. Shatashvili , N. L. Tsintsadze

The generalized general-relativisticmagnetohydrodynamic (generalized GRMHD) equations have been used to study specific relativistic-plasmas phenomena, such as relativistic magnetic reconnection or wave propagation modified by non-ideal MHD…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-19 Shinji Koide

The validity of conventional Ohm's law is tested in the context of a rapidly evolving quark-gluon plasma produced in heavy-ion collisions. Here we discuss the electromagnetic response using an analytical solution in kinetic theory. As…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-10-25 Igor A. Shovkovy

A dispersion relation for a commonly used hybrid model of plasma physics is developed, which combines fully kinetic ions and a massless-electron fluid description. Although this model and variations of it have been used to describe plasma…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-30 Daniel Told , Tessa Cookmeyer , Patrick Astfalk , Frank Jenko

The derivation of Lorentz-covariant generalizations of Ohm's law has been a long-term issue in theoretical physics with deep implications for the study of relativistic effects in optical and atomic physics. In this article, we propose an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-08-30 R. Starke , G. A. H. Schober

A numerical analysis of the self-interaction induced by a relativistic electron/positron beam in the presence of an intense external longitudinal magnetic field in plasmas is carried out. Within the context of the Plasma Wake Field theory…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-08-05 Fatema Tanjia , Sergio De Nicola , Renato Fedele , P. K. Shukla , Dusan Jovanovic

A non-relativistic multi-fluid plasma axisymmetric equilibrium model was developed recently to account for the presence of an energetic electron fluid in addition to thermal electron and ion fluids. The equilibrium formulation of a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Akio Ishida , Y. -K. Martin Peng , Wenjun Liu

Relativistic electron-positron plasmas are ubiquitous in extreme astrophysical environments such as black holes and neutron star magnetospheres, where accretion-powered jets and pulsar winds are expected to be enriched with such pair…

Force-free neutron star magnetospheres are nowadays well known and found through numerical simulations. Even extension to general relativity has recently been achieved. However, those solutions are by definition dissipationless, meaning…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Jérôme Pétri

New non-linear, spatially periodic, long wavelength electrostatic modes of an electron fluid oscillating against a motionless ion fluid (Langmuir waves) are given, with viscous and resistive effects included. The cold plasma approximation…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-05-28 A. A. Skorupski , E. Infeld

A dissipative Lorentz-covariant Ohm's law which uses only the electromagnetic degrees of freedom is proposed. For large conductivity, Maxwell equations equipped with this Ohm's law reduce to the equations of Force-Free Electrodynamics (FFE)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-11 Andrei Gruzinov

We investigate the nonlinear interaction between a relativistically strong laser beam and a plasma in the quantum regime. The collective behavior of the electrons is modeled by a Klein-Gordon equation, which is nonlinearly coupled with the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-07-26 Bengt Eliasson , Padma K. Shukla

Particle acceleration in the magnetic reconnection of electron-positron plasmas is studied by using a particle-in-cell simulation. It is found that a significantly large number of nonthermal particles are generated by the inductive electric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-03-03 S. Zenitani , M. Hoshino

In this work two systems are analyzed within the framework of the relativistic Boltzmann equation. One of them refers to a description of binary mixtures of electrons and protons and of electrons and photons subjected to external…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-04-29 Gilberto M. Kremer