Magnetohydrodynamics for electron-positron plasmas
- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 46 (8) , 5288-5291
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.46.5288
Abstract
An alternative system of magnetohydrodynamic equations for relativistically hot electron-positron plasmas is derived. The results should be useful for studying low-frequency wave motions as well as instabilities in astrophysical systems.Keywords
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