A quantum formulation of the relaxation process and transport coefficients of magnetized plasma

Abstract

From a quantum collective approach, the momentum relaxation time, through both electron-electron and electron-ion interactions, is obtained based on electron wave functions interacting with the continuum oscillations (plasma waves). The theoretical model presented gives a consistent and complete set of transport coefficients for a dense magnetized plasma. This unified scheme of long- and short-range interactions gives conductivity formulas which are free from the usual Debye length, which loses its physical meaning as an upper impact parameter for relatively high-density, coupled plasma.