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 |
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| Pages (from-to) | 547-551 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- Fokker-Planck equation
- Plasma kinetic theory
- Random processes
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