Published March 15, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Limiting particle density of a relativistic Fermi gas in a magnetic field

  • 1. Pennsylvania State Univ., Hazleton (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Bielefeld Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Fakultaet fuer Physik

Description

The authors investigate the total particle density in the grand canonical ensemble of a relativistic Fermi gas consisting of spin-1/2 particles in the presence of a constant homogeneous external magnetic field. For the special case of equal numbers of particles and antiparticles they compute the behavior of the total particle density in the limit of ultrahigh magnetic fields. The form of the low magnetic field limit is then calculated and compared with the ideal relativistic Fermi gas. (Auth.)

Part of:
Thermodynamics of a relativistic Fermi gas in a strong magnetic field

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Journal Title
Helv. Phys. Acta
Journal Volume
57
Journal Issue
6
Series
Helv. Phys. Acta.
Journal Page Range
704-707
ISSN
0018-0238

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