Coulomb scattering in plasma revised

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A closed expression for the momentum evolution of a test particle in weakly-coupled plasma is derived, starting from quantum many particle theory. The particle scatters from charge fluctuations in the plasma rather than in a sequence of independent binary collisions. Contrary to general belief, Bohr's (rather than Bethe's) Coulomb logarithm is the relevant one in most plasma applications. A power-law tail in the distribution function is confirmed by molecular dynamics simulation.
5 pages, 2 figures

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Plasma Physics, General Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/85302

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https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0305050
 http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0305050

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