ELECTRON PLASMA

OSCILLATION
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Consider a small spherical region inside a plasma and suppose that a perturbation in the form of an excess of
negative charge is introduced in this small region. Because of spherical symmetry, the corresponding electric field is
radial and points towards the center,forcing the electrons to move radially outward. After a small time interval, since
the electrons gain kinetic energy in the course of their motion, more electrons leave the spherical plasma region. An
excess of positive charge results, therefore electrons to move inward. This sequence of outward and inward electron
movement in the spherical plasma region continues periodically, resulting in electron plasma oscillations.
To study the characteristics of the electron plasma oscillations,A most important aspect of
collective motion is the bulk oscillation of plasma electrons with respect to ions.The electrons
may be expected to oscillate about the massive positive ions under coulomb attraction.

S<<L
S<<L
Electric field E produced due to charge displacement ,

Force per unit area acting on electron ,

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The angular frequency,

The plasma frequency,

Condition for of charged particles to behave like
plasma:
D<<L
Large number of electrons in debye spehere