Impact of free electron degeneracy on collisional rates in plasmas

Degenerate plasmas, in which quantum effects dictate the behavior of free electrons, are ubiquitous on earth and throughout space. Transitions between bound and free electron states determine basic plasma properties, yet the effects of degeneracy on these transitions have only been theorized. Here,...

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Main Authors: Gareth O. Williams, H.-K. Chung, S. Künzel, V. Hilbert, U. Zastrau, H. Scott, S. Daboussi, B. Iwan, A. I. Gonzalez, W. Boutu, H. J. Lee, B. Nagler, E. Granados, E. Galtier, P. Heimann, B. Barbrel, R. W. Lee, B. I. Cho, P. Renaudin, H. Merdji, Ph. Zeitoun, M. Fajardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-12-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.033216