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Electron–ion relaxation time in moderately degenerate plasma

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A formula is derived for the electron–ion relaxation time in a partially degenerate plasma with electron-ion interaction via a central field. The resulting expression in the form of an integral of the transport cross section generalizes the well-known Landau and Brysk approximations.

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  1. Russian Federal Nuclear Center All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics, pr. Mira 37, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod oblast, 607188, Russia

    M. A. Vronskii & Yu. V. Koryakina

  2. Sarov State Institute Physics and Technology, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, ul. Dukhova 6, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod oblast, 607189, Russia

    M. A. Vronskii & Yu. V. Koryakina

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Original Russian Text © M.A. Vronskii, Yu.V. Koryakina, 2015, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 9, pp. 801–807.

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Vronskii, M.A., Koryakina, Y.V. Electron–ion relaxation time in moderately degenerate plasma. Plasma Phys. Rep. 41, 737–743 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X15090093

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