Relativistic quantum plasma dispersion functions

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/27/011zbMATH Open1148.82319arXivphysics/0603223OpenAlexW3103790230MaRDI QIDQ5481167FDOQ5481167

Authors: Jeanette I. Weise, Jock McOrist, Donald B. Melrose 

Publication date: 7 August 2006

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Relativistic quantum plasma dispersion functions are defined and the longitudinal and transverse response functions for an electron (plus positron) gas are written in terms of them. The dispersion is separated into Landau-damping, pair-creation and dissipationless regimes. Explicit forms are given for the RQPDFs in the cases of a completely degenerate distribution and a nondegenerate thermal (J"uttner) distribution. Particular emphasis is placed on the relation between dissipation and dispersion, with the dissipation treated in terms of the imaginary parts of RQPDFs. Comparing the dissipation calculated in this way with the existing treatments leads to the identification of errors in the literature, which we correct. We also comment on a controversy as to whether the dispersion curves in a superdense plasma pass through the region where pair creation is allowed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0603223

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10)

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