Method of averaging over a distribution function satisfying a linear kinetic equation
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 16 (1) , 141-148
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/16/1/015
Abstract
A new method of averaging a function of the velocity over a distribution function, based on the expansion of the averaged function, is developed. This method is applied for the derivation of an averaged velocity, a 'temperature' and other important distribution function moments of charged particles drifting in a strong electrical field through a neutral gas for a broad range of particle masses and for a power dependence of the collision frequency on the velocity.Keywords
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