QM theory of the thermal electron gyroradius
Plasma Physics
2013-07-30 v1 Space Physics
Abstract
The average (thermal) gyroradius of charged particles is re-examined from a quantum-mechanical point of view. The straight quantum-mechanical calculation clearly reproduces its conventionally used random-mean-square (rms) expectation value. The quasi-classical approach reproduces its mean expectation value as well thus confirming the purely classical calculation. It shows that the fluctuations in the gyroradius amount to 21.5% of its rms value. This fluctuation is, however, within the usual -"freedom" range of choice in the definition of the rms gyroradius respectively the mean thermal speed on which the rms value is based, its correct (nonrelativistic) value and its simplified version .
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@article{arxiv.1307.7346,
title = {QM theory of the thermal electron gyroradius},
author = {R. A. Treumann and W. Baumjohann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.7346},
year = {2013}
}
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