Collective Thomson scattering in magnetized electron and positron pair plasma and the application to induced Compton scattering

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Autori principali: Nishiura, Rei, Ioka, Kunihito
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author Nishiura, Rei
Ioka, Kunihito
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Ioka, Kunihito
contents We consider collective Thomson scattering of an incident X-mode wave (with the electric vector perpendicular to the background magnetic field) in magnetized electron and positron pair plasma. The collective effects do not exactly cancel out in contrast to the non-magnetized case. Still, the cross-section is comparable to the non-collective one, with the same suppression by the square of the cyclotron frequency in a strong magnetic field. The comparable cross-section holds even though the net current is nearly zero from the drift motion of electrons and positrons. The plasma response does not also affect the cross-section so much. The spectrum of the scattered wave in finite temperature plasma peaks at cyclotron overtones. Based on these results, we also estimate induced Compton scattering in strongly magnetized pair plasma. Implications for pulsars and fast radio bursts are discussed.
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spellingShingle Collective Thomson scattering in magnetized electron and positron pair plasma and the application to induced Compton scattering
Nishiura, Rei
Ioka, Kunihito
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Plasma Physics
We consider collective Thomson scattering of an incident X-mode wave (with the electric vector perpendicular to the background magnetic field) in magnetized electron and positron pair plasma. The collective effects do not exactly cancel out in contrast to the non-magnetized case. Still, the cross-section is comparable to the non-collective one, with the same suppression by the square of the cyclotron frequency in a strong magnetic field. The comparable cross-section holds even though the net current is nearly zero from the drift motion of electrons and positrons. The plasma response does not also affect the cross-section so much. The spectrum of the scattered wave in finite temperature plasma peaks at cyclotron overtones. Based on these results, we also estimate induced Compton scattering in strongly magnetized pair plasma. Implications for pulsars and fast radio bursts are discussed.
title Collective Thomson scattering in magnetized electron and positron pair plasma and the application to induced Compton scattering
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02306