Plasma diffusion and relaxation in a magnetic field

I. Kourakis; A. Grecos

doi:10.1016/S1007-5704(03)00035-2

Plasma diffusion and relaxation in a magnetic field

I. Kourakis, A. Grecos

Mathematics

University of Thessaly

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Abstract

A Fokker-Planck-type kinetic equation modeling a test-particle weakly interacting with an electrostatic plasma, in the presence of a magnetic field B, is analytically solved. Explicit expressions are obtained for variable moments and particle density as a function of time. Diffusion in space is classical, characterized by a particle MSD varying as ∼B^-2, in agreement with previous results.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	547-551
Number of pages	5
Journal	Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Volume	8
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1007-5704(03)00035-2
State	Published - 2003

Keywords

Fokker-Planck equation
Plasma kinetic theory
Random processes

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