Entropy (Aug 2020)

Modification of the Electron Entropy Production in a Plasma

  • Juan F. García-Camacho,
  • Gonzalo Ares de Parga,
  • Karen Arango-Reyes,
  • Encarnación Salinas-Hernández,
  • Samuel Domínguez-Hernández

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/e22090935
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 9
p. 935

Abstract

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A modified expression of the electron entropy production in a plasma is deduced by means of the Kelly equations of state instead of the ideal gas equations of state. From the Debye–Hückel model which considers the interaction between the charges, such equations of state are derived for a plasma and the entropy is deduced. The technique to obtain the modified entropy production is based on usual developments but including the modified equations of state giving the regular result plus some extra terms. We derive an expression of the modified entropy production in terms of the tensorial Hermitian moments hr1…rm(m) by means of the irreducible tensorial Hermite polynomials.

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