On "the plasma approximation"

Details On "the plasma approximation" On "the plasma approximation"

2008-03-22

arxiv.org/abs/0803.3283v2

Physics

Plasma Physics

12 pages, 4 figures

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``The plasma approximation'' is, in the words of Pauli, ``not even wrong,'' as it expresses a disbelief in the symmetries of the underlying gauge field theory. The electrostatic field in question is divergenceful yet has no sources or sinks, thus breaking Lorentz covariance explicitly, and has no place in a self-consistent theory. Utilizing it leads to inconsistencies in the equation of motion and prevents a proper, field-theoretic treatment of condensed matter in the plasma state. By exposing the fallacy of replacing one of the field equations with one of the Bianchi identities, the applicability of Gauss' law to plasma physics is assured.

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