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We derive the large-scale Vlasov kinetics of a plasma model from its underlying quantum electrodynamics. The model comprises a system of nonrelativistic electrons, coupled to a quantised electromagnetic field and to a passive, positively charged, neutralising background.
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Sewell, G.L. Macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics of a Plasma Model: Derivation of the Vlasov Kinetics. Letters in Mathematical Physics 40, 203–222 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007362324637
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