FORMATION OF CORRELATIONS IN STRONGLY COUPLED PLASMAS

Authors
MORAWETZ K SPICKA V LIPAVSKY P
Citation
K. Morawetz et al., FORMATION OF CORRELATIONS IN STRONGLY COUPLED PLASMAS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 415(3), 1998, pp. 591-593
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
415
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
591 - 593
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)415:3<591:FOCISC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The formation of binary correlations in plasma is studied from the qua ntum kinetic equation. It is shown that this formation is much faster than dissipation due to collisions. In a hot (dense) plasma the correl ations are formed on the scale of inverse plasma frequency (Fermi ener gy). We derive analytical formulae for the time dependency of the pote ntial energy which measures the extent of correlations. We discuss the dynamical formation of screening and compare with the statically scre ened result. Comparisons are made with molecular dynamic simulations. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.