Onset of negative dispersion in one-component-plasma revisited

Abstract

A simple approach to describe the long-wavelength dispersion of the longitudinal (plasmon) mode of the classical one-component-plasma (OCP), with the main objective to correctly capture the onset of negative dispersion, is proposed. The approach is applicable to both three-dimensional and two-dimensional OCP. The predicted onset of negative dispersion compares well with the available results from numerical simulations and more sophisticated theoretical models.