Charged Particle Transport in Turbulent Astrophysical Plasmas,
Abstract
The effect of electromagnetic fluctuations, or plasma turbulence, on the motion of the individual particles in a plasma is investigated; two alternative methods are used to find a general equation governing the time-evolution of a distribution of charged particles subject to both an external force field and the random fields of the fluctuations. It is found that, for the high-temperature, low-density plasmas frequently encountered in the study of astrophysics, the presence of even a small amount of turbulence can have a very important effect on the behavior of the plasma. Two problems in which turbulence plays an important role are treated in detail. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 14, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0743193
Entities
People
- Charles E. Newman Jr
Organizations
- Stanford University