Electron transport in strongly ionized plasmas

F.J.F. Van Odenhoven and P.P.J.M. Schram

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1985, vol. 133, issue 1, 74-102

Abstract: The kinetic theory of the electrons in a strongly ionized, collision dominated plasma is reconsidered. By means of a perturbation expansion combined with a multiple time scales formalism, the kinetic equation for the electron distribution function is solved. The usual integro- differential operator is transformed into a pure differential operator. In a fully ionized plasma this operator reduces to a surprisingly simple form when compared to the original one of Spitzer et al. This greatly simplifies the numerical calculation of the transport coefficients.

Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(85)90057-3

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