Physics of Plasmas, volume 31, issue 7
Compton rocket effect due to the action of radiation reaction force in degenerate plasma
V. I. Berezhiani
1, 2
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S. Mahajan
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Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2024-07-01
Journal:
Physics of Plasmas
scimago Q1
wos Q3
SJR: 0.708
CiteScore: 4.1
Impact factor: 2
ISSN: 1070664X, 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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