The double Compton emissivity in a mildly relativistic thermal plasma within the soft photon limit

2006/11/30 by Jens Chluba, J. Chluba, S. Sazonov +2 · 23 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Compton scattering #Computational physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Emissivity #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Limit (mathematics) #Materials science #Mathematical analysis #Meteorology #Nuclear physics #Optics #Photon #Physics #Plasma #Quantum electrodynamics #Range (aeronautics) #Thermal #astro-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066701

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 468(3), 785-795 (EDP Sciences) · 12 pages, 8 figures, accepted version

openalex publication_date 2007/04/24 · arxiv created 2007/05/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims.We provide simple and accurate analytic approximations for the low frequency double Compton emission coefficient that are applicable in a broad range of physical situations up to mildly relativistic temperatures. These approximations may be useful for checking in which circumstances the double Compton process is important.

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