Relaxation phenomena in a homogenous plasma

Author

Gorev, V.N. ; Sokolovsky, A.I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Theor. Phys., Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk Nat. Univ., Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

fYear

2014

fDate

26-28 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

217

Lastpage

220

Abstract

The Chapman-Enskog method is generalized on the basis of the idea of Bogoliubov functional hypothesis. The generalization is made to describe the kinetic modes of a completely ionized electron-ion plasma, which gives an opportunity to describe component temperature and velocity relaxation. The homogenous case is investigated. The component distribution functions and the temperature and velocity relaxation rates are found. Corrections to the results of the well-known Landau theory are obtained.

Keywords

electrodynamics; electromagnetic waves; electron impact ionisation; integro-differential equations; relaxation; Bogoliubov functional hypothesis; Chapman Enskog method; completely ionized electron ion plasma; component distribution functions; homogenous plasma; relaxation phenomena; velocity relaxation rates; Approximation methods; Integral equations; Kinetic theory; Plasma temperature; Polynomials; Chapman-Enskog method; Landau kinetic equation; component distribution function; relaxation rates;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dnipropetrovsk

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6863-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMET.2014.6928702

Filename

6928702