Boltzmann relation

Boltzmann relation

In a plasma, the Boltzmann relation connects the electron density "n"e to the plasma potential φpl as follows:

:"n"e = "n"0 exp(eφpl/"k"B"T"e)

The reference for the potential is taken to be a position where the electron density is "n"0.

It can be derived in a particle view by equating the density of states to the physical density and applying the Boltzmann factor.

Alternatively, it can be derived from the fluid equation for the electrons by equating the force density due to the electron pressure gradient assuming isothermal electrons, -k_BT_e abla n_e, to the force density due to the electric field on the electron charge density, n_ee ablaphi_{pl}.

In many problems of plasma physics, it is not useful to calculate the electric potential on the basis of the Poisson equation because the electron and ion densities are not known "a priori", and if they were, because of quasineutrality the net charge density is the small difference of two large quantities, the electron and ion charge densities. If the ion density is known and the assumptions hold sufficiently well, the electric potential can be calculated simply from the Boltzmann relation.

Discrepancies with the Boltzmann relation can occur, for example, when oscillations occur so fast that the electrons cannot find a new equilibrium (see e.g. plasma oscillations) or when the electrons are prevented from moving by a magnetic field (see e.g. lower hybrid oscillations).

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