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Kinetic theory of a relativistic plasma

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The BBGKY hierarchy of equations for a system of relativistic charged particles is derived. The electromagnetic field is included in the dynamical system by decomposing the transverse part of the field of each particle into oscillators. Self-consistent field equations are obtained for the relativistic plasma, and an expression is also obtained for the correlation function which leads to the Belyaev-Budker collision integral.

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    N. D. Naumov

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 78–82, March, 1981.

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Naumov, N.D. Kinetic theory of a relativistic plasma. Soviet Physics Journal 24, 270–274 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00891606

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