Self-diffusion in a dense magnetized plasma

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Publication date 1984
Journal Physica A : Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume | Issue number 123
Pages (from-to) 560-576
Number of pages 17
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA)
Abstract Self-diffusion through dense classical one-component plasmas in a uniform magnetic field is studied by means of renormalized kinetic theory. Extensions of the Landau and the Rostoker equations to plasmas of high density are derived. The coefficient of self-diffusion along the magnetic field is evaluated from the 1-Sonine approximation of the Landau kernel. The results show how the diffusion process is gradually impeded as the magnetic field strength increases.
Document type Article
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371(84)90172-9
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