Plasma oscillations with diffusion in velocity space /
by A. Lenard, Ira B. Bernstein.

Description

Main Author

Lenard, Andrew.

Related Names

Bernstein, Ira B.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. New York Operations Office.
Project Matterhorn.
Princeton University. Plasma Physics Laboratory.

Language(s)

English

Published

Oak Ridge, Tennessee : United States Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service, 1958.

Subjects

Small-angle scattering.
Plasma oscillations.
Small-angle scattering.
Plasma oscillations.

Summary

A model of plasma oscillations in the presence of small angle collisions is presented which admits of exact analytic solution. Certain features of the true collsion terms are preserved. Namely, the effect of collisions is represented by a diffusion in velocity space, which makes the distribution function tend to the Maxwell distribution, and which conserves the number of particles. In the limit of infrequent collisions the results of Landau are recovered.

Note

"July 22, 1958."
"Other issues...may bear the number PM-S-35 ; Work performed under Contract no. AT(30-1)1238."--Cover verso.
"Controlled thermonuclear processes."
Cover title.

Physical Description

i, 12 pages ; 26 cm.

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