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

Research Authors
N.A. Hussein, D.A. Eisa, M.G. Eldin
Research 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 = eaeb
KTλab
where λab being
the thermal de Broglie wavelength between two particles. We compared our results with
others.

Research Department
Research Journal
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
Vol. 391 , NO. 21
Research Year
2012
Research Pages
6690–6700