Nonlinear electromagnetic wave equations for superdense magnetized plasmas

Nitin Shukla, G. Brodin, M. Marklund, P.K. Shukla, L. Stenflo, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Bonn) (Funder), Forschergruppe (Funder), European Research Council (Funder), Swedish Research Council (Funder)

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Abstract

By using the quantum hydrodynamic and Maxwell equations, we derive the generalized nonlinear electron magnetohydrodynamic, the generalized nonlinear Hall-MHD (HMHD), and the generalized nonlinear dust HMHD equations in a self-gravitating dense magnetoplasma. Our nonlinear equations include the self-gravitating, the electromagnetic, the quantum statistical electron pressure, as well as the quantum electron tunneling and electron spin forces. They are useful for investigating a number of wave phenomena including linear and nonlinear electromagnetic waves, as well as three-dimensional electromagnetic wave turbulence spectra and structures arising from mode coupling processes at nanoscales in dense quantum magnetoplasmas.
Original languageEnglish
Article number072114
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume16
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2009

Keywords

  • electromagnetic waves
  • electron spin
  • fermion systems
  • Maxwell equations
  • plasma collision processes
  • plasma density
  • plasma magnetohydrodynamics
  • plasma nonlinear processes
  • plasma pressure
  • plasma transport processes
  • plasma waves
  • quantum statistical m

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