Abstract
The combined effect of special relativity and electron degeneracy on Langmuir waves is analyzed by utilizing a rigorous fully relativistic hydrodynamic model. Assuming a traveling wave solution form, a set of conservation laws is identified, together with a pseudo-potential function depending on the relativistic parameter pF/(m c) (where pF is the Fermi momentum, m is the mass of the charge carriers and c the speed of light), as well as on the amplitude of the electrostatic energy perturbation.
| Original language | British English |
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| Article number | 044006 |
| Journal | Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 1 Apr 2015 |
Keywords
- degenerate plasma
- fluid model
- nonlinear Langmuir wave
- quantum plasma
- relativistic plasma