On the influence of a magnetic field on relativistic electron spectra in a plasma turbulent reactor.
Abstract
It is noted that an inverse-power-law relativistic-electron spectrum may be produced in a plasma turbulence reactor and that the closeness of the spectral index to the mean value of 2.7 obtained from statistical analysis of radio-source spectra is of basic astrophysical interest. Plasma turbulence reactors in a weak magnetic field are analyzed for different types of anisotropic turbulence (Langmuir waves and whistlers). The electron spectrum is found to have a universal nature, regardless of the presence of a magnetic field, and a value of 3 is obtained for the spectral index. Some factors which might change the form of the electron spectrum are pointed out.
- Publication:
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Astrofizika
- Pub Date:
- February 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976Afz....12..107N
- Keywords:
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- Electron Distribution;
- Magnetic Effects;
- Plasma Turbulence;
- Radio Sources (Astronomy);
- Relativistic Particles;
- Whistlers;
- Astrophysics;
- Compton Effect;
- Correlation;
- Dielectric Permeability;
- Electrostatic Waves;
- Energy Spectra;
- High Energy Electrons;
- Radio Spectra;
- Statistical Analysis;
- Transport Theory;
- Astrophysics