The thermodynamic functions of plasma under the influence of a weak magnetic field

N.A. Hussein, D.A. Eisa and M.G. Eldin

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2012, vol. 391, issue 24, 6690-6700

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to calculate the quantum thermodynamic functions until the third virial coefficient of plasma under the influence of a weak magnetic field. The calculation is based on the binary Slater sum in the case of a low density plasma, which is exact in a quadratic order with respect to the magnetic field. The method which was used is based on the Bloch equation. The second virial coefficient is obtained in the form of a convergent series expansion in terms of the interaction plasma parameter ξab=eaebKTλab where λab being the thermal de Broglie wavelength between two particles. We compared our results with others.

Keywords: Magnetic field; Excess free energy; Slater sum; Second virial coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2012.06.061

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