The emergence of quantum plasma physics as a distinct domain of study represents a natural evolution in the theoretical and applied understanding of plasma systems when quantum mechanical effects become non-negligible in describing the collective behaviour of charged particles. Classical plasma physics, based on Maxwell’s equations coupled with fluid, or kinetic descriptions of particles, suffices under conditions where the thermal de Broglie wavelengthDe Broglie wavelength \(\lambda_{dB} = h/\sqrt {2\pi mk_{B} T}\) is much smaller than the average inter-particle distance \(d \sim n^{- 1/3},\) with n being the particle number density. However, as density increases, or temperature decreases such that \(\lambda_{dB} \sim d,\) quantum effects, most notably wavefunction overlap, degeneracy pressure, and quantum coherence, begin to dominate, thereby necessitating a quantum mechanical reformulation of plasma theory.