Particle Interactions in High-Temperature Plasmas - Oliver James Pike

Particle Interactions in High-Temperature Plasmas

Buch | Hardcover
XIX, 144 Seiten
2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-63446-3 (ISBN)
117,69 inkl. MwSt
This thesis makes two important contributions to plasma physics. The first is the extension of the seminal theoretical works of Spitzer and Braginskii, which describe the basics of particle interactions in plasma, to relativistic systems. Relativistic plasmas have long been studied in high-energy astrophysics and are becoming increasingly attainable in the laboratory. The second is the design of a new class of photon-photon collider, which is the first capable of detecting the Breit-Wheeler process. Though it offers the simplest way for light to be converted into matter, the process has never been detected in the 80 years since its theoretical prediction. The experimental scheme proposed here exploits the radiation used in inertial confinement fusion experiments and could in principle be implemented in one of several current-generation facilities.

Introduction.- Theoretical Background .- Dynamical Friction in a Relativistic Plasma.- Transport Processes in a Relativistic Plasma.- Numerical Simulations of High Temperature Plasmas.- An Experiment to Observe the Breit-Wheeler Process.- Conclusions.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo XIX, 144 p. 31 illus., 18 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 372 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Plasmaphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
Schlagworte astrophysics • Astrophysics and Astroparticles • Breit-Wheeler Process • electron-positron pair production • high-energy astrophysics • High-Energy Density Physics • high power laser • inertial confinement fusion • laser wakefield acceleration • Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics • particle & high-energy physics • Particle & high-energy physics • Physics • Physics and Astronomy • Plasma physics • Relativistic Plasma
ISBN-10 3-319-63446-1 / 3319634461
ISBN-13 978-3-319-63446-3 / 9783319634463
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