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Kinetic theory of a two-dimensional magnetized plasma. Part 3. Limit of very large magnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

George Vahala
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

Abstract

The BBGKY hierarchy for a two-dimensional magnetized plasma is considered in the weak-coupling and small plasma parameter limits for very large magnetic fields. The Fokker-Planck and Balescu-Lenard equations satisfy an H-theorem and conservation laws, and exhibit two cut-offs related to the periodicity of the particle orbits and to the distance of closest approach of a thermal particle.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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