Compton rocket effect due to the action of radiation reaction force in degenerate plasma

A closed set of fluid equations with radiation reaction force (RRF) are constructed from the moments of the appropriate single particle kinetic equation describing a relativistic degenerate (high density) electron plasma. The closure, in analogy with the Maxwellian closure for non-degenerate plasmas...

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Published in:Physics of plasmas 2024-07, Vol.31 (7)
Main Authors: Berezhiani, V. I., Mahajan, S. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electron plasma
Fermi-Dirac statistics
Kinetic equations
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Summary:A closed set of fluid equations with radiation reaction force (RRF) are constructed from the moments of the appropriate single particle kinetic equation describing a relativistic degenerate (high density) electron plasma. The closure, in analogy with the Maxwellian closure for non-degenerate plasmas, is affected via a parametrized Fermi-Dirac distribution. It is shown that the degeneracy increases RRF just as will be predicted from the so-called “Compton Rocket” effect.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/5.0208390