Relativistic Two-Temperature Electron Distributions.

Abstract

An electron distribution function is formulated to appropriately describe a collisionless, isotropic, relativistic, and nonequilibrium electron gas consisting of two populations of electrons: one in temporal equilibrium at some cold temperature and the other at a hot temperature. Characteristics of this two-temperature relativistic electron distribution are discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA083134

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People

  • Howard E. Brandt

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Gas
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • High Energy
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Physics
  • Radiation
  • Spectra
  • Weapons

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  • Physics

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  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

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  • Microelectronics