Abstract

In the past, treatments of plasma to order v2/c2, where v is the thermal speed of the particles, have relied on a Lagrangian formalism or on coarse graining techniques. It is shown that a Hamiltonian formulation where only particle degrees of freedom are considered is possible and a Hamiltonian to order v2/c2 is obtained. This Hamiltonian is valid within the limits of the random phase approximation.

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