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Electrical a.c. conductivity for hot isotropic collisional plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Helmut Hebenstreit
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany
Kurt Suchy
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany

Abstract

With an infinite system of balance equations, derived from the Boltzmann equation, conductivity expressions are obtained in the form of three-term recurrence relations leading to continued fractions. Without collisions, only Landau damping causes attenuation. Its modification by collisions is illustrated for some simple collision models.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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