Self-Consistent Theory of Waves in Fluctuating Plasma.

Abstract

At the microscopic level, the plasma field is described by stochastic (operator) variables determined by the non-linear Maxwell-Klimontovitch equations. Via a perturbation-theoretic analysis familiar from general scattering theory, one can derive from these stochastic microscopic equations the kinetic equations descriptive of the macroscopic plasma field. In a many particle system - the author considers specifically a system of charged particles with long range electromagnetic interactions such as in a plasma - one has to describe self-consistently both the particle dynamics and the field dynamics. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0737654

Entities

People

  • N. Marcuvitz

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Particles
  • Perturbations
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics