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Model Fokker—Planck Equations: Part 2. The equation for a multicomponent plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

J. P. Dougherty  and
S. R. Watson
J. P. Dougherty
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
S. R. Watson
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
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Abstract

A model kinetic equation for a plasma containing many species is set up. It is an approximation to the correct kinetic equation but is considerably simpler in form. The collision operator has the property that particles, momentum and energy are conserved, and it gives to good approximation the correct rates of transfer of momentum and energy between all pairs of species. It is also shown that the equation leads to an H-theorem.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , August 1967 , pp. 317 - 326
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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