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The Quantum Equation of State of Fully Ionized Plasmas

Research Authors
N. A. Hussein and D. A. E. Ibrahim
Research Abstract

The quantum equation of state of the electron-ion-plasmas in thermal equilibrium is derived; the pressure
until the third virial coefficient is calculated. We consider only the thermal equilibrium plasma in the case of
nλ3
ab  1 where λ2
ab = 2
mabKT is the thermal De Broglie wavelength. The formulas contain the contributions
of the exchange effects. Our equation of state is compared with result of Ebeling et al. who calculated the
pressure until the second virial coefficient only and in the case of χλee  1 where χ is the Debye length. Upon
comparison with Ebeling et al. one observes that the considerable contribution of the third virial coefficient in
the region of high temperatures.

Research Department
Research Journal
Contrib. Plasma Phys. / DOI 10.1002/ctpp.201110003
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
Vol. 51, No. 1
Research Year
2011
Research Pages
PP. 44 – 50