Abstract
Strongly coupled plasmas are certainly not unique amongst physical systems in the sense of being characterized by a substantial or even overwhelming portion of their energy residing in the form of potential energy. Even if solids are excluded, there are many dense gases and liquids for which such a condition prevails. However, there exist certain features, which do set the strongly coupled plasma problem apart from the rest of the field of dense liquids and other strongly coupled many body systems. First is the long-range character of the coulomb interaction. This feature has been the focal point of attention since the early days that mark the beginning of the investigation of coulomb systems, and plasmas. It is known to be responsible for many unique patterns, both of the physical behavior of such systems, and of the mathematical problems that arise in their treatments (Dr. Baus’ lectures [Baus, this Volume] discuss some of these features.) Second, the coulomb potential - in contrast to most of the potentials governing the interaction of neutral fluids - has a simple and well-defined analytic structure. It is probably this, more than any other, feature that motivates the difference in methodology in attacking the problems of plasmas and neutral gases and liquids.
Work partly supported by AFOSR Grant 76-2960, NATO Research Grant No. 1211, and Israel-U.S. BNSF Grant 592.
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Kalman, G. (1978). Methods and Approximations for Strongly Coupled Plasmas. In: Kalman, G., Carini, P. (eds) Strongly Coupled Plasmas. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 36. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2868-1_5
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