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Equilibria in Strongly Magnetized Pair PlasmasPositron-electron pair densities for a thermal plasma in the steady-state equilibrium where pair production balances pair annihilation are found as a function of temperature kT / mc(2) approx. 1, source size R and magnetic field strength B. When the plasma is strongly magnetized, B 10(12) G, the important processes are synchrotron radiation, one-photon (magnetic) pair production and two-photon pair annihilation. An analytic solution for the equilibrium pair density, found under certain simplifying assumptions, shows that optically thin equilibria exist only for sufficiently small source sizes.
Document ID
19840011123
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Harding, A. K. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: Goddard Space Flight Center Contrib. to the Univ. of Calif., Santa Cruz Summer Workshop on High Energy Transients
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Accession Number
84N19191
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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