From a quantum mechanical point of view, electrons in laser produced plasmas can be regarded as weakly degenerate. For instance, for a plasma with electron density of 1022 cm-3 and electron temperature of 1 eV, Sommerfeld's parameter is between 1 and 2. Under these conditions the usual dispersion relations for waves in plasmas need be corrected to account for degeneracy. In the present work, starting from the transport equation with a simplified version of the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck collision kernel the propagation of waves impinging on a plasma with weakly degenerate electrons is investigated and dispersion relations accounting for degeneracy are derived. These dispersion relations give the classical ones in the limit for Sommerfeld's parameter approaching zero. A shift of the wavenumber value and a non-collisional damping due to degeneracy effects are predicted which render a weakly degenerate plasma more opaque to radiation than a non-degenerate one. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Rocchi F., Molinari V.G., Mostacci D., Sumini M. (2001). Dispersion relations in weakly degenerate plasmas. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA, PART B: ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY, 56(6), 599-608 [10.1016/S0584-8547(01)00216-6].

Dispersion relations in weakly degenerate plasmas

Molinari V. G.;Mostacci D.;Sumini M.
2001

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From a quantum mechanical point of view, electrons in laser produced plasmas can be regarded as weakly degenerate. For instance, for a plasma with electron density of 1022 cm-3 and electron temperature of 1 eV, Sommerfeld's parameter is between 1 and 2. Under these conditions the usual dispersion relations for waves in plasmas need be corrected to account for degeneracy. In the present work, starting from the transport equation with a simplified version of the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck collision kernel the propagation of waves impinging on a plasma with weakly degenerate electrons is investigated and dispersion relations accounting for degeneracy are derived. These dispersion relations give the classical ones in the limit for Sommerfeld's parameter approaching zero. A shift of the wavenumber value and a non-collisional damping due to degeneracy effects are predicted which render a weakly degenerate plasma more opaque to radiation than a non-degenerate one. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
2001
Rocchi F., Molinari V.G., Mostacci D., Sumini M. (2001). Dispersion relations in weakly degenerate plasmas. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA, PART B: ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY, 56(6), 599-608 [10.1016/S0584-8547(01)00216-6].
Rocchi F.; Molinari V.G.; Mostacci D.; Sumini M.
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