Plasma Virial and Equations of State for a Plasma
- 1 September 1968
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 11 (9) , 1943-1950
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1692223
Abstract
The virial theorem for a plasma is formulated within a particle framework. The result is applicable to isotropic, anisotropic, and quasirelativistic systems. The form reveals the negative quality of the time derivative of the virial in addition to the structure of the particle-particle inductance tensor. A tensoral virial theorem is formulated for anisotropic systems. Equations of state for magnetoactive idealized plasma configurations are derived.Keywords
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