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== Plasma properties and Λ ==

TheDepending on the magnitude of Λ, plasma properties can be summarisedcharacterized as belowfollowing:<ref>See [http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/plasma/lectures/node8.html The plasma parameter] lecture notes from Richard Fitzpatrick</ref>

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<tr bgcolor=#eeeeee align=center><td rowspan=2 valign=bottom>'''Description'''</td><td colspan=2>'''Plasma parameter magnitude'''</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor=#eeeeee align=center><td>'''Λ<<math>\Lambda \ll 1''' ~ (\Gamma \gg 1)</math></td><td>'''Λ><math>\Lambda \gg 1''' ~ (\Gamma \ll 1)</math></td></tr>

<tr align=center><td bgcolor=#eeeeee>'''Coupling'''</td><td>Strongly coupled plasma</td><td>Weakly coupled plasma</td></tr>

<tr align=center><td bgcolor=#eeeeee>'''Debye sphere'''</td><td>Sparsely populated</td><td>Densely populated</td></tr>