4. Non-interacting plasmas
When the density of a plasma is fairly low (upper limit 10 12 to 10 14 m –3 ), particle interactions can often be neglected; the motions of electrons and ions are then determined solely by the electromagnetic fields prevailing in the plasma. This results in what can be called a gas of free electrons and ions; of course, this model is a limiting case; all real gases also contain neutrals, so electrons will always undergo collisions with a certain frequency ν e0 .
4.1 Collision-free charged particles in an electric and magnetic field
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