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Response tensor for a spin-dependent electron gas: dependence on the choice of spin operator
Victor. M. Demcsak, Donald. B. Melrose
It is shown that the choice of spin-operator affects the form of the response tensor describing a spin-dependent electron gas. The covariant, spin-dependent response tensor for a m…
Wave dispersion in pulsar plasma: 3. Beam-driven instabilities
M. Z. Rafat, D. B. Melrose, A. Mastrano
Beam-driven instabilities are considered in a pulsar plasma assuming that both the background plasma and the beam are relativistic Jüttner distributions. In the rest frame of the b…
Wave dispersion in pulsar plasma: 1. Plasma rest frame
M. Z. Rafat, D. B. Melrose, A. Mastrano
Wave dispersion in a pulsar plasma (a 1D, strongly magnetized, pair plasma streaming highly relativistically with a large spread in Lorentz factors in its rest frame) is discussed,…
Wave dispersion in pulsar plasma: 2. Pulsar frame
M. Z. Rafat, D. B. Melrose, A. Mastrano
Wave dispersion in a pulsar plasma is discussed emphasizing the relevance of different inertial frames, notably the plasma rest frame and the pulsar frame in…
Coherent Emission Mechanisms in Astrophysical Plasmas
D. B. Melrose
Three known examples of coherent emission in radio astronomical sources are reviewed: plasma emission, electron cyclotron maser emission (ECME) and pulsar radio emission.
Dispersion in a relativistic degenerate electron gas
J. McOrist, D. B. Melrose, J. I. Weise
Relativistic effects on dispersion in a degenerate electron gas are discussed by comparing known response functions derived relativistically (by Jancovici) and nonrelativistically…
Relativistic quantum plasma dispersion functions
D. B. Melrose, J. I. Weise, J. McOrist
Relativistic quantum plasma dispersion functions are defined and the longitudinal and transverse response functions for an electron (plus positron) gas are written in terms of them…