We consider optically thick photon-pair-proton plasma in the framework of Boltzmann equations. For the sake of simplicity we consider the uniform and isotropic plasma. It has been shown that arbitrary initial distribution functions evolve to the thermal equilibrium state through so called kinetic equilibrium state with common temperature of all particles and nonzero chemical potentials. For the plasma temperature 0.1-10 MeV relevant for GRB (Gamma-Ray Burst) sources we evaluate the thermalization time scale as function of total energy density and baryonic loading parameter. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.
Kinetics of the mildly relativistic plasma and GRBs / A. G., Aksenov; Ruffini, Remo; G. V., Vereshchagin. - In: AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. - ISSN 0094-243X. - 1205:(2010), pp. 11-16. ( The Sun, the Stars, the Universe, and General Relativity in honor of Ya. B. Zeldovich's 95th Anniversary Minsk; Belarus 20 April 2009 through 23 April 2009) [10.1063/1.3382316].
Kinetics of the mildly relativistic plasma and GRBs
RUFFINI, Remo;
2010
Abstract
We consider optically thick photon-pair-proton plasma in the framework of Boltzmann equations. For the sake of simplicity we consider the uniform and isotropic plasma. It has been shown that arbitrary initial distribution functions evolve to the thermal equilibrium state through so called kinetic equilibrium state with common temperature of all particles and nonzero chemical potentials. For the plasma temperature 0.1-10 MeV relevant for GRB (Gamma-Ray Burst) sources we evaluate the thermalization time scale as function of total energy density and baryonic loading parameter. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
