Annihilation explosions in macroscopic polyelectrons. Photon detonation

TL;DR

This paper explores how rapid collapse in dense electron-positron plasmas causes an explosive annihilation process, leading to photon detonation waves with potential applications in military and astrophysical contexts.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of photon detonation resulting from annihilation explosions in macroscopic polyelectrons, a novel phenomenon linking plasma collapse to self-organized wave propagation.

Findings

Rapid collapse causes large-scale annihilation explosions.

Annihilation wave propagates as a photon detonation front.

Potential applications in military and astrophysics.

Abstract

Annihilation of the electron-positron pairs in macroscopic polyelectrons is considered. It is shown that very fast collapse of the spatial area occupied by macroscopic polyelectron (or dense electron-positron plasma) produces an instant annihilation of a very large number of electron-positron pairs. This phenomenon corresponds to the so-called annihilation explosion. Annihilation of each electron-positron pair is a highly exothermic process. Therefore, in dense electron-positron plasma one can observe a very interesting phenomenon of photon detonation, i.e. a self-organized formation and propagation of the detonation wave which coincides with the annihilation wave. The photon detonation can be used in many applications, including many military and astrophysical problems.