Microfield distribution for degenerate electrons
Conference
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OSTI ID:6568402
The quantum microfield distribution is defined for the electron electric field distribution in a grand canonical ensemble. The definition is general, allowing for description of the distribution at a charged or neutral point and applies for the electron Coulomb field (high frequency microfield) or shielded field (low frequency microfield). By analogy with the Baranger-Mozer cluster expansion for the classical case a cluster expansion for the microfield distribution is defined. The cluster series is resummed to closed form for the case of no interactions, to define a quantum Holtsmark distribution. In this way the problem is reduced to a one-electron calculation. The usual classical result is verified in the limit of z much less than 1; the large and small field behavior is determined for arbitrary degeneracy.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA); Florida Univ., Gainesville (USA). Dept. of Physics
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6568402
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-87858; CONF-8206102-2; ON: DE82019103
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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