Kinetic Theory of the Electron Gas in a Positive Background. II. Nonequilibrium Theory
- 1 October 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 7 (10) , 1600-1611
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1711065
Abstract
A kinetic equation for the electron gas which is not subject to the usual short‐range divergence is derived. The method used is the division of the Coulomb potential into a weak part and a short‐range part. The result is expressed as the sum of a Boltzmann integral for the short range potential and a Balescu integral for the ``weak'' part, both of which are convergent. The ``dominant'' terms are identical with those obtained from the usual (divergent) Balescu equation with a cutoff in the k integration. An expression is obtained for the nondominant (i.e., nonlogarithmic) correction.Keywords
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