A linear collision operator for relativistic plasmas

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/44/14/145502zbMATH Open1217.82081arXiv0910.4368OpenAlexW2055509557MaRDI QIDQ2994829FDOQ2994829

Authors: Adam Noble, David A. Burton 

Publication date: 29 April 2011

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Generalising the work of Lenard and Bernstein, we introduce a new, fully relativistic model to describe collisional plasmas. Like the Fokker-Planck operator, this equation represents velocity diffusion and conserves particle number. However, unlike the Fokker-Planck operator it is linear in the distribution function, and so more amenable to a fluid treatment. By taking moments, we derive a new fluid model, and demonstrate the damping effects of collisions on Langmuir waves.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.4368

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zbMATH Keywords

plasma physicsLangmuir wavesrelativistic plasmas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) General relativity (83C99)

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