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Mean free path equation for plasma
Does the mean free path equation
$$\lambda=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}\pi d^2 n_v}$$
work for collisions in plasma or just for gas?
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Standard deviation for a free path distribution
I would like to be able to describe a particles path before collisions with greater precision. We can calculate the "mean" free path of a particle before colliding moving particles, but I ...
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How is number of collisions per unit distance related to mean free path?
Recently I have been studying Kinetic Theory Of Gases, with one of the topics as collision frequency. I know that collision frequency is inverse of relaxation time which is also the measure of number ...
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Mean free path regarding billiards
Is there a generalization of the mean free path for macro-objects such as the distance the white billiard ball could travel before hitting an other billiard ball?
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In particle physics what is the derivation of the mean free path length: $\ell=\frac{1}{n \sigma}$?
From my lecture notes (ICL, dept. of Physics) it is written:
Consider a thin piece of material with thickness $d$ containing target particles with number density $n$, as illustrated in Figure $\bf{2....
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Do particles in the solar core travel at the same speed as they would in vacuum?
I just read the Wikipedia article on the Sun. The section on Solar Core states
It has a density of up to 150 g/cm3[47][48] (about 150 times the density of water)
Do the particles (atomic, and sub-...
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