
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Melrose, DB 
A1  - M Hayes, Leith 
T1  - Dispersion in a Relativistic Quantum Electron Gas. II. Thermal Distributions
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1984
VL  - 37
IS  - 6
SP  - 639
EP  - 650
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PH840639 
N2  - The dispersion functions which appear when the response of a non-degenerate thermal electron gas is treated using a relativistic quantum theory are shown to be the same as the functions which appear in the non-quantum limit. These functions are evaluated at two speeds V1 and V2 which in the non-quantum limit reduce to the phase speed ca/I k I. It is shown that the effects of partial degeneracy may be included by expanding about the non-degenerate limit, and the expansion of the response functions is given explicitly. It is also pointed out that thermal corrections to the completely degenerate limit may be included using a standard technique and the lowest order corrections are given. 
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