{ "item_title" : "Quantum Plasmadynamics", "item_author" : [" Donald Melrose "], "item_description" : "The idea of synthesizing quantum electrodynamics (QED) and the kinetic theory of plasmas ?rst occurred to me in the early 1970s1, 2]. The project to do so has been carried out bit by bit over the subsequent years. The name quantum plasmadynamics (QPD) is my own jargon3] for the synthesized theory. Both QED and the kinetic theory of plasmas areconcerned with the int- action between charged particles and the electromagnetic ?eld, but they are radically di?erent in the way the interaction is described. The kinetic theory of plasmas is a collective-medium theory: a plasma is not a collection of - dependent particles in a given electromagnetic ?eld, but a medium in which the particles collectively modify the ?eld, and the ?eld modi?es the par- cles. The charge and current densities associated with the particles are part of a self-consistent ?eld. Conventionally, the kinetic theory of plasmas is a classical theory: the motions of particles are treated using classical dynamics.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/44/192/538/1441925384_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "129.99", "online_price" : "129.99", "our_price" : "129.99", "club_price" : "129.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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