THE KINETIC EQUATION FOR AN UNSTABLE PLASMA IN PARALLEL ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS,

Abstract

The response of a homogeneous plasma, in a strong uniform magnetic field, to the sudden application of a strong, uniform electric field is studied in a self-consistent formulation which treats the coupled equations for the one-particle and two-particle distribution functions resulting from neglect of three-particle correlations. The electric field is assumed to be large compared to that which produced a 'runaway current', so that particle-wave interactions should dominate. Only the dominant contributions to the diffusion in velocity space, arising from the fastest growing waves, are retained. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0639626

Entities

People

  • Burton D. Fried
  • Sidney L. Ossakow

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diffusion
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Equations
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Mathematics
  • Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster