Sewell G. L. Macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics of a Plasma Model: Derivation of the Vlasov Kinetics (47K, TeX) ABSTRACT. We derive the large-scale Vlasov kinetics of a plasma model from its underlying quantum electrodynamics. The model comprises a system of non-relativistic electrons, coupled to a quantised electromagnetic field and to a passive, positively charged, neutralising background.