Interaction of nonthermal muon beam with electron-positron-photon plasma: A thermal field theory approach

Journal Article · Fri Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2013 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4828998· OSTI ID:22218405

Noorian, Zainab; Eslami, Parvin; Javidan, Kurosh ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, School of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Interaction of a muon beam with hot dense QED plasma is investigated. Plasma system contains electrons and positrons with Fermi-Dirac distribution and Bose-Einstein distributed photons while the beam particles have nonthermal distribution. The energy loss of the beam particles during the interaction with plasma is calculated to complete leading order of interaction in terms of the QED coupling constant using thermal field theory approach. The screening effects of the plasma are computed consistently using resummation of perturbation theory with hard thermal loop approximation according to the Braaten-Pisarski method. Time evolution of the plasma characteristics and also plasma identifications during the interaction are investigated. Effects of the nonthermal parameter of the beam distribution on the energy exchange and the evolution of plasma-beam system are also explained.

• OSTI ID: 22218405
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 20, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
APPROXIMATIONS
BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS
COUPLING CONSTANTS
ELECTRONS
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY TRANSFER
MUON BEAMS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PHOTONS
PLASMA
POSITRONS
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS