Fundamental processes in pair plasmas

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Jul 1983

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IN: Positron-electron pairs in astrophysics; Proceedings of the Workshop, Greenbelt, MD, January 6-8, 1983 (A85-31276 13-90). Ne

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Electron-Positron Pairs, High Energy Interactions, Pair Production, Particle Collisions, Positron Annihilation, Relativistic Plasmas, Thermal Plasmas, Active Galaxies, Annihilation Reactions, Bremsstrahlung, Compton Effect, Magnetic Fields, Schwarzschild Metric, Synchrotron Radiation

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The various processes that produce and destroy electron-positron pairs are reviewed, and the timescales of these processes are compared to thermalization, accretion, and cooling timescales. The various radiation spectra produced by relativistic, thermal plasmas are considered. Recent results for the equilibria available to finite, thermal relativistic plasmas with and without embedded magnetic fields are reviewed. Such plasmas, in steady state, have maximum temperatures, luminosities, and field strengths, useful diagnostics for interpreting quasars and active galaxies.

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