Strong turbulence equations derived from kinetic theory
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics
- Vol. 4 (2) , 329-335
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.860281
Abstract
Two coupled wave equations, very similar to the Zakharov equations, are derived from the Vlasov–Maxwell system. For low-temperature ions they reduce to the Zakharov equations. Corrections include a nonlinear damping term of significance to the turbulent ionospheric plasma.Keywords
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