Giant increase in cross-magnetic-field transport rate as an electron-positron plasma cools

Aguirre, F. F.; Ordonez, C. A.

doi:10.1063/1.5001680

Title: Giant increase in cross-magnetic-field transport rate as an electron-positron plasma cools

Journal Article · Thu Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001680· OSTI ID:1523260

Aguirre, F. F. ^[1];

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Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics

An electron-positron plasma in thermal equilibrium within a uniform magnetic field is studied here using a classical trajectory Monte Carlo simulation. The cross-magnetic-field single-particle diffusion coefficient is evaluated as a function of the magnetic field strength and plasma temperature. The transport rate is found to increase by many orders of magnitude as the plasma temperature is lowered, for a magnetic field strength of 1 T. The sharp dependence on temperature is due to electrons and positrons becoming temporarily correlated and drifting across the magnetic field before dissociating.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-06ER54883; PHY-1500427

OSTI ID:: 1523260

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1398125

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 24, Issue 10; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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