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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Thermodynamics_and_Statistical_Mechanics/Book%3A_Thermodynamics_and_Statistical_Mechanics_(Arovas)/06%3A_Classical_Interacting_Systems/6.05%3A_Coulomb_Systems_-_Plasmas_and_the_Electron_Gas
      \[\begin{split} U&=\half\!\int\!\!d^d\!r\>\big[\rho^{av}(\Br)+\delta\rho(\Br)\big]\cdot\big[\phi^{av}(\Br) + \delta\phi(\Br)\big]\\ &=\ \stackrel{\equiv\ U\ns_0}{\overbrace{-\half\!\int\!\!d^d\!r\,\rh...U=\halfddr[ρav(\Br)+δρ(\Br)][ϕav(\Br)+δϕ(\Br)]=  U\ns0\halfddrρav(\Br)ϕav(\Br)+ddrϕav(\Br)ρ(\Br)+ignore fluctuation term\halfddrδρ(\Br)δϕ(\Br) . We apply the mean field approximation in each region of space, which leads to

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