Temperature dependence of thermal conductivity of a dilute plasma in a magnetic field

Byung Chan Eu

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1985, vol. 133, issue 1, 120-137

Abstract: The nonlinear heat conductivity coefficients reported in a previous paper are explicitly calculated as functions of temperature and density in the case of a dilute plasma subject to a magnetic field applied in one direction. They are shown to deviate markedly from the linear theory prediction as the Debye length-and thus the mean free path-increases, which in turn increases with temperature and decreases with density. The deviation is thus seen to be due to a diminished collisionality of the plasma as the Debye length increases. The deviation is numerically shown for a few nonlinear thermal conductivities in order to furnish numerical insights.

Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(85)90059-7

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