Derivation and properties of a Balescu–Lenard like equation for stationary plasma turbulence in the weak-coupling approximation

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In this paper, we derive a kinetic equation and discuss its validity for a stationary turbulent plasma. We use, for this purpose, the Dupree— Weinstock model in the weak-coupling approximation, and take into account ballistic streams. Frictional effects appear, in addition to the velocity diffusion. The diffusion causes a resonance broadening, the friction causes a frequency shift. Our model is a generalization of the dressed test particle model, and leads to a kinetic equation formally similar to Balescu— Lenard' s. A comparison between our model and the Dupree ‘clump’ theory is developed. Physical quantities are conserved, the H theorem is satisfied; but the asymptotic solution is not necessarily a Maxwellian distribution function.