Laing, E.W. and Diver, D.A. (2006) Relativistic Landau damping of longitudinal waves in isotropic pair plasmas. Physics of Plasmas, 13(9), 092115. (doi: 10.1063/1.2353901)
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Abstract
Landau damping is described in relativistic electron-positron plasmas. Relativistic electron-positron plasma theory contains important new effects when compared with classical plasmas. For example, there are undamped superluminal wave modes arising from both a continuous and discrete mode structure, the former even in the classical limit. We present here a comprehensive analytical treatment of the general case resulting in a compact and useful form for the dispersion relation. The classical pair-plasma case is addressed, for completeness, in an appendix.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Keywords: | Landau damping, pair plasmas, relativistic |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Laing, Professor Ernest and Diver, Professor Declan |
Authors: | Laing, E.W., and Diver, D.A. |
Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
Research Group: | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Journal Name: | Physics of Plasmas |
Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
ISSN: | 1070-664X |
ISSN (Online): | 1089-7674 |
Published Online: | 21 September 2006 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2006 American Institute of Physics |
First Published: | First published in Physics of Plasmas 13(9):092115 (11 pages) |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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