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Circularly polarized wave propagation in magnetofluid dynamics for relativistic electron-positron plasmas

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3272667· OSTI ID:21371307
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  1. Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago (Chile)
  2. Department of Earth System Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580 (Japan)
The dispersion relation for circularly polarized electromagnetic waves propagating in the direction of an external magnetic field in a relativistic electron-positron plasma with arbitrary constant drift velocities is obtained for constant temperature in the homentropic regime. This result is an exact solution of the nonlinear magnetofluid unification field formalism introduced by S. Mahajan [Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 035001 (2003)], where the electromagnetic and fluid fields are coupled through the relativistic enthalpy density. The behavior of electromagnetic and Alfven branches of the dispersion relation are discussed for different temperatures.
OSTI ID:
21371307
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 16; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English