INVESTIGATION OF THE DYNAMICS OF IONIZED MEDIA (PLASMAS).
Abstract
A theory of transport phenomena in a nearly homogeneous system of interacting electrons and photons is developed. A hierarchy of equations is derived which couples the various particle and photon distribution functions. The hierarchy is truncated in a physically intuitive way so that a closed set of equations is obtained. The truncated set of equations is then solved in various orders of approximation making use of the well-known Bogoluibov assumption concerning the rates of relaxation of correlations and distributions. There results a set of coupled equations for the particle and photon distributions. Terms in the resulting equations correspond to various physical processes such as shielded electronelectron scattering, bremsstrahlung, Thomson scattering, etc. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0619045
Entities
People
- Wesley E. Brittin
- Willard R. Chappell