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Relativistic thermal plasmas - Effects of magnetic fieldsProcesses and equilibria in finite, relativistic, thermal plasmas are investigated, taking into account electron-positron creation and annihilation, photon production by internal processes, and photon production by a magnetic field. Inclusion of the latter extends previous work on such plasmas. The basic relations for thermal, Comptonized synchrotron emission are analyzed, including emission and absorption without Comptonization, Comptonized thermal synchrotron emission, and the Comptonized synchrotron and bremsstrahlung luminosities. Pair equilibria are calculated, including approximations and dimensionless parameters, the pair balance equation, maximum temperatures and field strengths, and individual models and cooling curves.
Document ID
19830053399
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Araki, S.
(MIT Cambridge, MA, United States)
Lightman, A. P.
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 269
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
83A34617
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-246
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-22-009-638
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-7643
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Public
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