On Transport Processes in a Plasma (Kinetic Equation for a Plasma)
Abstract
Authors usually neglect the effect of Coulomb field in the space of radius e2/(3kT/2) surrounding a charged particle, and derive equations of the Fokker-Planck type from the Liouville equation of a plasma. The effect of the inner core field, neglected usually, is shown to be present in an equation of the Fokker-Planck type as an additional term similar to the collision term in an equation of the Boltzmann type. It is shown that the order of this additional term may easily be larger than those of the friction and diffusion terms, the effect of the outer core field. When the effect of the outer core field is larger than that of the inner core field, the assumption of binary interaction is shown to be not feasible. The possible nonlinear and non-Markovian behavior of a particle is neglected.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0268355
Entities
People
- Toyoki Koga
Organizations
- University of Southern California