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Compton Scattering, Pair Annihilation, and Pair Production in a Plasma
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
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The square of the four-momentum of a photon in vacuum is zero. However, in an unmagnetized plasma, it is equal to the square of the plasma frequency. Further, the electron-photon coupling vertex is modified in a plasma to include the effect of the plasma medium. I calculate the cross sections of three processes in a plasma—Compton scattering and electron-positron pair annihilation and production. At high plasma densities, the cross sections are found to change significantly. Such high plasma densities exist in several astrophysical sources.
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