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Quantum Plasmadynamics: Magnetized Plasmas

By Donald Melrose (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2013
ISBN
978-1-4614-4044-4, 978-1-4614-4045-1
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-4045-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4747684 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 854
Edition
1
Pages
490\498
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Astrophysics and Astroparticles;Quantum Physics;AtLaser Matter Interaction;Plasma Physics

Description

Quantum Plasmadynamics is a synthesis of the kinetic theory of plasmas and quantum electrodynamics (QED). In this volume, the approach applied to unmagnetized plasmas in volume 1 is generalized to magnetized plasmas. First, a covariant version of nonquantum kinetic theory is formulated for single-particle (emission and scattering) processes and the collective-medium response. The relativistic quantum treatment is based on solutions of Dirac's equation for an electron in a magnetostatic field, and single-particle processes are treated using a magnetized version of QED. The response of an electron gas is derived by generalizing the derivation of the response of the magnetized vacuum.

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