CONVERGENT TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS OF PLASMA.
Abstract
Applying a series expansion of Laguerre polynomials in the solution of the plasma kinetic equation, in which Coulomb collisons are described by Fokker-Planck collision term and electron-neutral collisions by the Boltzmann collision term, elements of a 20 x 20 determinant (compared to 3 x 3 obtained by Landhoff and 4 x4 by Shkarofsky) were obtained for equilibrium plasma for the electron-electron and electron-ion contributions. At present convergence studies on dc and ac electric conductivity indicate slow convergence with increasing size of the determinant and, as a surprising feature, an oscillating solution as a function of the size of the determinant.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0641429
Entities
People
- Adolf R. Hochstim
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses