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A study of the mass ratio dependence of the mixed species collision integral for isotropic velocity distribution functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

A. J. M. Garrett
A. J. M. Garrett
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Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
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This paper is concerned with the Boltzmann collision integral for the one-particle distribution function of a test species of particle undergoing elastic collisions with particles of a second species which is in thermal equilibrium. This expression is studied as a function of the ratio of the masses of the test and host particles for the case when the test particle distribution function is isotropic in velocity space. The analysis can also be considered as referring to the zeroth-order spherical harmonic in velocity space of a general velocity distribution function. The resulting collision term, due originally to Davydov, is of Fokker–Planck form and effectively describes a diffusion in energy. The method of derivation employed here is more systematic than hitherto, and is used to calculate the first correction to the Davydov term. Differences between classical and quantum cross-sections are considered; the correction to the Davydov term is checked by means of a comparison with the exact solution of the associated eigenvalue problem for the special case of Maxwell interactions treated classically.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 135 - 148
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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