Abstract
Using the Weisskopf-Wigner theory of line broadening the author derives an expression for the natural width of the Landau resonance omega -k.v=0. The conditions for the validity of the conventional quantum perturbation theory of plasmons and the collisionless damping due to nonresonant electrons are then examined.
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