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Before going into the details of plasma physics, Chap. 2 introduces basic physical quantities associated to plasma, which is in thermal equilibrium. The basic physical quantities include distribution function, number density, temperature, the Coulomb collision, etc.
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In quantum dynamics, electron, ion and light have the duality of wave and particle. Energy is quantized. For the Fermi particles, including electron, one energy state is occupied by only one particle. However, any number of the Bose particles, including photon, occupy one state.
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Kawata, S. (2023). Plasma in Equilibrium. In: Computational Plasma Science. Springer Series in Plasma Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1137-0_2
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