Physics of Plasmas, volume 31, issue 7

Compton rocket effect due to the action of radiation reaction force in degenerate plasma

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2024-07-01
scimago Q1
wos Q3
SJR0.708
CiteScore4.1
Impact factor2
ISSN1070664X, 10897674
Abstract

A closed set of fluid equations with radiation reaction force (RRF) are constructed from the moments of the appropriate single particle kinetic equation describing a relativistic degenerate (high density) electron plasma. The closure, in analogy with the Maxwellian closure for non-degenerate plasmas, is affected via a parametrized Fermi-Dirac distribution. It is shown that the degeneracy increases RRF just as will be predicted from the so-called “Compton Rocket” effect.

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