Journal of Statistical Physics

, Volume 76, Issue 1–2, pp 285–297 | Cite as

Absence of Debye screening in the quantum Coulomb system

  • David C. Brydges
  • Georg Keller
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Abstract

We present an approximation to the quantum Coulomb plasma at equilibrium which captures the power-law violations of Debye screening which have been reported in recent papers. The objectives are (1) to produce a simpler model which we will study in forthcoming papers, and (2) to develop a strategy by which the absence of screening can be proven for the low-density quantum Coulomb plasma itself.

Key Words

Screening plasma Coulomb van der Waals 

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© Plenum Publishing Corporation 1994

Authors and Affiliations

  • David C. Brydges
    • 1
  • Georg Keller
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of MathematicsUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesville

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