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Transport phenomena in laser created plasma with non-Maxwellian electronic distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

D. Deck
Affiliation:
Commissariat a l'énergie atomique, D.A.M., Centre d'étude de Limeil-Valenton, B.P. n° 27, 94190 Villeneuve, St Georges

Abstract

We investigate the Fokker–Planck Equation (FPE) in which we retain electron–ion and electron–electron collision terms, as well as the inverse-bremsstrahlung absorption term. We exhibit asymptotic solutions, which are then used in a linear perturbation theory ‘à la Spitzer’, to calculate local transport coefficients. Their values can differ drastically from classical results, which in turn alters hydrocode simulations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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