Reference distribution functions for magnetically confined plasmas from the minimum entropy production theorem and the MaxEnt principle, subject to the scale-invariant restrictions

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2013.09.017zbMATH Open1302.82111arXiv1306.2355OpenAlexW2086125381MaRDI QIDQ482974FDOQ482974

Authors: Giorgio Sonnino, Alessandro Cardinali, Gyorgy Steinbrecher, Philippe Peeters, Alberto Sonnino, Pasquale Nardone 

Publication date: 15 December 2014

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive the expression of the reference distribution function for magnetically confined plasmas far from the thermodynamic equilibrium. The local equilibrium state is fixed by imposing the minimum entropy production theorem and the maximum entropy (MaxEnt) principle, subject to scale invariance restrictions. After a short time, the plasma reaches a state close to the local equilibrium. This state is referred to as the reference state. The aim of this letter is to determine the reference distribution function (RDF) when the local equilibrium state is defined by the above mentioned principles. We prove that the RDF is the stationary solution of a generic family of stochastic processes corresponding to an universal Landau-type equation with white parametric noise. As an example of application, we consider a simple, fully ionized, magnetically confined plasmas, with auxiliary Ohmic heating. The free parameters are linked to the transport coefficients of the magnetically confined plasmas, by the kinetic theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.2355

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zbMATH Keywords

kinetic theorynon-equilibrium thermodynamicsmagnetized plasmas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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