Thermalization of electron-positron plasma with quantum degeneracy

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2018.10.013MaRDI QIDQ822909zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors M. A. Prakapenia, I. A. Siutsou, G. V. Vereshchagin

Publication date 24 September 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.10420

zbMATH Keywords

relativistic plasmacollision integralbinary interactionstriple interactionsUehling-Uhlenbeck equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Boltzmann equations (35Q20) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

Abstract: The non-equilibrium electron-positron-photon plasma thermalization process is studied using relativistic Boltzmann solver, taking into account quantum corrections both in non-relativistic and relativistic cases. Collision integrals are computed from exact QED matrix elements for all binary and triple interactions in the plasma. It is shown that in non-relativistic case (temperatures $k_{B}Tleq0.3m_e{c}^2$) binary interaction rates dominate over triple ones, resulting in establishment of the kinetic equilibrium prior to final relaxation towards the thermal equilibrium, in agreement with the previous studies. On the contrary, in relativistic case (final temperatures $k_{B}Tgeq0.3m_e{c}^2$) triple interaction rates are fast enough to prevent the establishment of kinetic equilibrium. It is shown that thermalization process strongly depends on quantum degeneracy in initial state, but does not depend on plasma composition.

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