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Charge and current densities


 \begin{displaymath}\rho({\bf x},t) = \sum_{\alpha} q_{\alpha}
n_{\alpha}
\end{displaymath} (3.16)


 \begin{displaymath}{\bf J} ({\bf x},t) = \sum_{\alpha} q_{\alpha}
n_{\alpha} \langle {\bf v}_{\alpha} \rangle
\end{displaymath} (3.17)



Iver Cairns
1999-08-09