Debye number

From QED

The Debye number is the number of particles within a Debye sphere (a sphere of radius the Debye length ). It is therefore:

This number is important in various ways to the way a plasma behaves. Because of its importance, it is often referred to as The plasma parameter. In order for a plasma to exhibit collective behavior, we must have

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