Investigation of the Dynamics of Ionized Media (Plasmas).
Abstract
Functional methods are applied to the statistical mechanics of radiation interacting with charged particles. An extensive treatment of quantum mechanical representations in phase space has been carried out. The concept of coherent states applied to many-body problems appears to be new and offers interesting possibilities for the description of macroscopic systems governed by quantum mechanical laws. One also presents work on kinetic equations involving particles, atoms, and radiation. In particular one has treated such problems as line-broadening and correlations in a plasma. From a more mathematical point of view one has investigated the algebraic structure of phase space and present some preliminary results. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0715997
Entities
People
- W. Brittin
- W. Chappell
- W. Wyss