Classical dilute relativistic plasma in equilibrium. Two-particle distribution function
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 27 (1), 422-430
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.27.422
Abstract
We consider here a dilute hot plasma which is homogeneous and in equilibrium in the framework of classical relativistic statistical mechanics as formulated recently by the authors. No external fields are present. The two-particle distribution function of the plasma is calculated for any temperature. This distribution will be physically significant, as long as the creation of pairs can be neglected. Several limits which apply at low or high temperatures are discussed. Comparison with previous work from several authors is made.Keywords
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