Two-dimensional electron fluid at high temperature

Abstract

The two-dimensional and one-component plasma (OCP) model withr ⁻¹ interactions is investigated in the high-temperature limit, where the thermal wavelength gets larger than the classical distance of closest approach. Nonnegligible diffraction effects are rigorously taken care of (up toe ²) through a temperature-dependent effective interaction. Debye thermodynamics, analyzed in terms of a classical plasma parameter Λ, is shown to diverge as Λ Inh, whenh→0. There is no classical limit. A result at variance with the corresponding one in three dimensions.