Re: [Vo]:Spring constant in plasma oscillations

2011-04-24 Thread David Jonsson
If you search on effective mass you will find a tensor. David On Apr 24, 2011 9:02 PM, "Charles Hope" wrote: > I didn't see tensors mentioned in the Wikipedia page. Tensors of what degree? Wouldn't you be dealing with a distribution of them anyway? > > > > Sent from my iPhone. > > On Apr 24, 2011

Re: [Vo]:Spring constant in plasma oscillations

2011-04-24 Thread Charles Hope
I didn't see tensors mentioned in the Wikipedia page. Tensors of what degree? Wouldn't you be dealing with a distribution of them anyway? Sent from my iPhone. On Apr 24, 2011, at 10:28, David Jonsson wrote: > I have really found a bad thing. On the link below they talk about effective > ma

Re: [Vo]:Spring constant in plasma oscillations

2011-04-24 Thread David Jonsson
I have really found a bad thing. On the link below they talk about effective mass whewre they model the mass of the electron as a tensor instead of calculating with the forces from surrounding atoms. It looks real bad. I was planning on using the well known spring formula omega^2 = k/m and now m tu

[Vo]:Spring constant in plasma oscillations

2011-04-24 Thread David Jonsson
This might be an easy question but it is not on my mind right now. I would like to determine the trajectory of the electrons in plasma oscillations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_oscillation I need this in order to find out how big an eventual magnetic field from in can be in the case of ro