Non-thermal radiative pair plasmas: processes and spectra

1995/05/17 by Ravi P. Pilla, Pilla, Ravi P., J. Shaham +2
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Atomic and Molecular Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma #Plasma Diagnostics and Applications #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9505072

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Abstract

We study the emission and absorption spectra due to various photon and pair processes in a non-equilibrium pair plasma containing a significant density of photons. We present here some preliminary results from Monte-Carlo simulations. These investigations are likely to be useful in understanding the radiation and relaxation mechanisms in non-thermal gamma-ray sources in astrophysics.

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