Microscopic Calculation of the Dielectric Susceptibility Tensor for Coulomb Fluids

In a Coulomb fluid confined to a domain V, the dielectric susceptibility tensor _V depends on the shape of V, even in the thermodynamic V limit. This paper deals with the classical two-dimensional one-component plasma formulated in an elliptic V-domain, equilibrium statistical mechanics is used. For the dimensionless coupling constant =even positive integer, the mapping of the plasma onto a discrete one-dimensional anticommuting-field theory provides a new sum rule. This sum rule confirms the limiting value of _V predicted by macroscopic electrostatics and gives a finite-size correction term to _V.