Test-particle motion in a relativistic plasma

Ph. de Gottal and J. Gariel

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1989, vol. 157, issue 2, 1059-1073

Abstract: Starting from the relativistic Landau kinetic equation we derive a classical relativistic Fokker-Planck equation for a test particle in a plasma. A H-theorem is proven and the behaviour of the friction 4-vector and diffusion tensor is analyzed for various dynamical conditions. It is shown that no phenomenological Langevin-type theory can cover all cases.

Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(89)90081-2

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