A linear collision operator for relativistic plasmas
Noble, Adam and Burton, David (2011) A linear collision operator for relativistic plasmas. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 44 (14). 145502. ISSN 0305-4470
Full text not available in this repository.Request a copy from the Strathclyde authorAbstract
Generalizing the work of Lenard and Bernstein, we introduce a new, fully relativistic model to describe collisional plasmas. Like the Fokker–Planck operator, this equation represents velocity diffusion and conserves particle number. However, unlike the Fokker–Planck operator, it is linear in the distribution function, and so more amenable to a fluid treatment. By taking moments, we derive a new fluid model together with a hierarchy of closure schemes, and demonstrate the damping effects of collisions on Langmuir waves in cold and warm plasmas.
| Creators(s): |
Noble, Adam  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8181-7076 and Burton, David;
| Item type: | Article |
|---|---|
| ID code: | 40784 |
| Keywords: | relativistic plasmas, plasma kinetic equations , electron collisions, Vlasov equation , Physics |
| Subjects: | Science > Physics |
| Department: | Faculty of Science > Physics |
| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date deposited: | 08 Aug 2012 13:11 |
| Last modified: | 01 Jan 2021 10:24 |
| Related URLs: | |
| URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/40784 |
| Export data: |
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)