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Studies of the particle diffusion coefficient in the fluctuating magnetic field by the direct-interaction approximation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2005

M. TAGUCHI
M. TAGUCHI
Affiliation:
College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 2-11-1 Shin-ei, Narashino, Chiba 275-0005, Japan ([email protected])
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Abstract

The particle diffusion in a stochastic magnetic field is investigated by using the functional integral method. With the ensemble average of a functional representation to a kinetic equation over the fluctuating magnetic field and the random variables modeling the Coulomb collisions, a closed set of equations for an ensemble-averaged distribution function and a response function to an infinitesimal external perturbation is derived within the framework of the direct-interaction (DIA). By using the Markovian approximation to the equation for the response function, the cross-field diffusion coefficients are found to be obtained from nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Explicitly calculated diffusion coefficients for various parameters are also shown in the shearless and sheared configurations.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 71 , Issue 4 , August 2005 , pp. 449 - 474
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2005 Cambridge University Press

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