TY - JOUR
T1 - Electron transport in strongly ionized plasmas
AU - Odenhoven, van, F.J.F.
AU - Schram, P.P.J.M.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1016/0378-4371(85)90057-3
DO - 10.1016/0378-4371(85)90057-3
M3 - Article
SN - 0378-4371
VL - 133
SP - 74
EP - 102
JO - Physica A: Statistical and Theoretical Physics
JF - Physica A: Statistical and Theoretical Physics
IS - 1-2
ER -