The system we wish to study is a binary mixture of non reactive dilute, electrically charged system of particles. Their masses will be labelled m a and m b with charges e a and e b where e a =−e b =e. The ions could have a positive charge Ze but we shall keep Z=1 for simplicity. The number densities of the species are n a and n b where n a +n b =n so that the total mass density ρ is given by
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García-Colín, L.S., Dagdug, L. (2009). The Problem. In: The Kinetic Theory of a Dilute Ionized Plasma. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9330-2_2
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