Talk:Plasma oscillation
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The Bohm-Gross dispersion relation refers to electron plasma waves, which are not the same as plasma oscillations. Plasma oscillations are free uncoupled oscillations, there is nothing such as a wave number or wave propagation. Electron waves do propagate.
- I have the terminology from Chen p. 130. What you say is logical, even if the usage is not universal. If it bothers you, you might want to clarify the different uses of the terms in this article, add some redirect pages, and maybe rename this page. --Art Carlson 12:03, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Page Request
I would like to request that this page be updated with a discussion of the dependence of the transparency of materials on the plasma frequency. Perhaps a separate page for "Plasma Frequency" should be made. Also, some clarification on warm and cold electrons would be nice. Sabers 16:17, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
I think your units are wrong, at least on the 'cold' electron part. I get m^2/s rather than the ugly units your give-which honestly do not make much sense physically. 129.93.61.100 (talk) 22:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC) Jared Hansen
[edit] Plasma waves vs waves in plasmas
Can someone please explain what is the difference between plasma waves and waves in plasmas. The name plasma waves is confusing if it is used for a particular kind of wave. If there is a more specific word for it, please use it. Also I think it need more explanation, what the word plasma waves is referring to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Caco de vidro (talk • contribs) 18:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not sure how common it is to just say "plasma wave". It seems that the term, if it is used at all, is usually qualified, such as "electron plasma wave" or "electrostatic plasma wave". Maybe it is better to leave out the term altogether, at least in the lead. That should eliminate any confusion. --Art Carlson (talk) 20:41, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
