Intercomponent Momentum Transport and Electrical Conductivity of Collisionless Plasma
- 15 December 1973
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Physics
- Vol. 51 (24) , 2604-2611
- https://doi.org/10.1139/p73-336
Abstract
Based on the Lenard–Balescu equation, the interaction integral for the intercomponent momentum transfer in a two-component, collisionless plasma is evaluated in closed form. The distribution functions of the electrons and ions are represented in the form of nonisothermal, displaced Max wellians corresponding to the 5-moment approximation. As an application, the transport of electrical current in an electric field is discussed for infrasonic up to sonic electron–ion drift velocities.Keywords
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