Relaxation of a system of charged particles
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 32 (1) , 666-669
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.32.666
Abstract
The relaxation of an isotropic approximately monoenergetic system of like particles through small-angle Coulomb collisions is followed numerically. It is found that when energy conservation is ensured, the results are qualitatively different from that of an earlier study [W. M. MacDonald, M. N. Rosenbluth, and Wong Chuck, Phys. Rev. 107, 350 (1957)], and show a smaller, global relaxation time. A new interpretation is advanced for the earlier results.Keywords
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