VELOCITY DEPENDENT CORRELATIONS IN THE STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELECTRIC MICROFIELD IN A PLASMA

Abstract

The polarization of the plasma particles in the neighborhood of a moving ion depends on the ion velocity. This affects the distribution of the stochastic field acting upon the ion. Correction to the Holtsmark distribution due to the complete test particle - field particle correlation including this dynamic effect is calculated up to the order e to the second power. The result is: (1) shift toward smaller fields, (2) anisotropy and (3) velocity dependence, which is not equal to the zero velocity effect even on the average. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 1961
Accession Number
AD0258242

Entities

People

  • Amiram Ron
  • G. Kalman

Organizations

  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anisotropy
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Particles
  • Physical Properties
  • Polarization
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Statistical Distributions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Plasma Physics.