paper

Photon Plasma-Wave Interaction via Compton Scattering

arXiv:1207.6426

Abstract

The Kompaneets theory of photon kinetic evolution due to the Compton effect is extended to the case of the Vlasov plasma wave oscillations. Taking into account Zel'dovich-Levich's approximation we study interaction of accumulating photons with plasma in the long wavelength limit.