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We present an approximation to the quantum Coulomb plasma at equilibrium which captures the power-law violations of Debye screening which have been reported in recent papers. The objectives are (1) to produce a simpler model which we will study in forthcoming papers, and (2) to develop a strategy by which the absence of screening can be proven for the low-density quantum Coulomb plasma itself.
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Brydges, D.C., Keller, G. Absence of Debye screening in the quantum Coulomb system. J Stat Phys 76, 285–297 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02188662
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