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Volume 15: Pages 379-386, 2002

An Irreversible Quantum Equation and Electron Relaxation

Jean Salmon

131 rue de l'Université, 75007 Paris, France

After having reviewed the role of electron relaxation in the study of a weakly ionized plasma, we propose an irreversible quantum equation in order to describe an electron transition using a relaxation term and an exchange term.

Keywords: relaxation, collision frequency, electron transition, dipole, quantum equation, exchange operator

Received: October 30, 2000; Published online: December 15, 2008