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Mar 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982apj...254..755g&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 254, Mar. 15, 1982, p. 755-766.
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Cosmic Plasma, Plasma Radiation, Relativistic Plasmas, Thermalization (Energy Absorption), Boltzmann Distribution, Bremsstrahlung, Compton Effect, Elastic Scattering, Electron Scattering, Electron-Positron Pairs, Pair Production, Synchrotron Radiation
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The establishment and maintenance of a Boltzmann distribution in particle kinetic energies is investigated for a plasma with theta = KTe/mc-squared much greater than unity, where m is the electron mass. It is shown that thermalization of the electron gas by binary collisions is not sufficiently effective to maintain the equilibrium distribution when other processes that perturb the equilibrium are taken into account. Electron-positron pair production in electron-electron and electron-ion collisions, and perturbations of a Boltzmann distribution by nonthermal processes are evaluated. Thermalization by means of other mechanisms, such as interaction with plasma waves is discussed, and the opacity of a relativistic plasma is computed for Compton scattering, pair production in the fields of electrons and ions, inverse bremsstrahlung, and synchrotron self-absorption.
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