Compton Scattering, Pair Annihilation, and Pair Production in a Plasma

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dc.contributor.author	Krishan, V	-
dc.date.accessioned	2008-07-22T11:44:47Z	-
dc.date.available	2008-07-22T11:44:47Z	-
dc.date.issued	2000	-
dc.identifier.citation	IAU Symposia, Vol. 195, pp. 359 - 366	en
dc.identifier.issn	0074-1809	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/2822	-
dc.description.abstract	The square of the four-momentum of a photon in vacuum is zero. However, in an unmagnetized plasma, it is equal to the square of the plasma frequency. Further, the electron-photon coupling vertex is modified in a plasma to include the effect of the plasma medium. I calculate the cross sections of three processes in a plasma---Compton scattering and electron-positron pair annihilation and production. At high plasma densities, the cross sections are found to change significantly. Such high plasma densities exist in several astrophysical sources	en
dc.format.extent	524310 bytes	-
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	-
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	International Astronomical Union	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000IAUS..195..359K	en
dc.subject	Electron Photon Coupling	en
dc.subject	Astrophysical Sources	en
dc.subject	Compton Scattering	en
dc.title	Compton Scattering, Pair Annihilation, and Pair Production in a Plasma	en
dc.type	Article	en
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