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Plasma Parameter
\(\bullet\) The plasma parameter is defined as
\[\begin{aligned} \boxed{ N_D =n\frac{4}{3}\pi \lambda_D^3 }=1.38 \times 10^6 \frac{T^{\frac{3}{2}}}{n^{\frac{1}{2}}} [T](in^{\circ}K)\end{aligned}\]
which is the number of plasma particles in a Debye sphere.
\(\bullet\) For Debye shielding to occur, and for the description of a plasma to be statistically meaningful, the number of particles in a Debye sphere must be large; that is \(N_D>>1\)
\(\bullet\) Plasma parameter is a measure of the ratio of the mean plasma kinetic energy to potential energy.
\[\frac{K.E.}{P.E.} \simeq \frac{\frac{3}{2}K_BT}{\frac{e^2}{4\pi\epsilon_0 \lambda_D}} \simeq \frac{9}{2}N_D >> 1\]
\(\bullet\) Thus \(N_D>>1\) means that the potential energy of a particle due to its nearest neighbor is much smaller than its kinetic energy. If this were not the case, there would be a strong tendency for electrons and ions to bind together into atoms, thus destroying the plasma.
\(\bullet\) An ideal gas corresponds to zero potential energy between the particles. Since the plasma parameter is large, the plasma may be treated as an ideal gas of charged particles, that is, a gas that can have a charge density and electric field but in which no two discrete particles interact.
\(\bullet\) In deriving the Debye potential, we assumed that the electrostatic energy was small compared to the thermal energy. The largeness of the plasma parameter guarantees the validity of the Debye potential.
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