Yet another modification of relativistic magnetohydrodynamic waves: electron thermal inertia

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2022.128199zbMATH Open1498.81126arXiv2205.03041OpenAlexW4229449902MaRDI QIDQ2157609FDOQ2157609

Yohei Kawazura

Publication date: 22 July 2022

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This study investigates the properties of waves in relativistic extended magnetohydrodynamics (RXMHD), which includes Hall and electron thermal inertia effects. We focus on the case when the electron temperature is ultrarelativistic, and thus, the electron thermal inertia becomes finite at near the proton inertial scale. We derive the linear dispersion relation of RXMHD and find that the Hall and electron thermal inertia effects couple with the displacement current, giving rise to three superluminous waves in addition to the slow, fast, and Alfv'en waves. We also show that the phase- and group-velocity surfaces of fast and Alfv'en waves are distorted by the Hall and electron thermal inertia effects. There is a range of scales where the group velocity of fast wave is smaller than that of the Alfv'en and slow waves. These findings are applicable to a region near the funnel base of low-luminosity accretion flows where electrons can be ultrarelativistic.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.03041

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zbMATH Keywords

wavesmagnetohydrodynamicsultrarelativistic electrons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Traveling wave solutions (35C07) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20) Dispersion theory, dispersion relations arising in quantum theory (81U30)

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