TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermal reaction processes in a relativistic QED plasma drop
AU - Kuznetsova, Inga
AU - Habs, Dieter
AU - Rafelski, Johann
PY - 2010/3/18
Y1 - 2010/3/18
N2 - The equilibrium size and temperature limits of thermally and chemically equilibrated e+e-γ plasma drops are investigated at a given energy content. For a plasma to be equilibrated it must be opaque to electron and photon interactions. The opaqueness condition is determined by comparing plasma size with the mean free electron and photon paths. We calculate those paths using thermal Lorentz-invariant reaction rates for pair production and electron (positron) and photon scattering. The range of the corresponding plasma temperature and size is evaluated numerically. Considering the energy and size we find that the opaque and equilibrated plasma drop may be experimentally attainable.
AB - The equilibrium size and temperature limits of thermally and chemically equilibrated e+e-γ plasma drops are investigated at a given energy content. For a plasma to be equilibrated it must be opaque to electron and photon interactions. The opaqueness condition is determined by comparing plasma size with the mean free electron and photon paths. We calculate those paths using thermal Lorentz-invariant reaction rates for pair production and electron (positron) and photon scattering. The range of the corresponding plasma temperature and size is evaluated numerically. Considering the energy and size we find that the opaque and equilibrated plasma drop may be experimentally attainable.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.053007
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.053007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77950589635
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 81
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 5
M1 - 053007
ER -