On the equivalence of convergent kinetic equations for hot dilute plasmas: Generating functions for collision brackets

Open Access
Authors
Publication date 1982
Journal Physica A : Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume | Issue number 111
Pages (from-to) 443-461
Number of pages 19
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA)
Abstract The generating functions for the collision brackets associated with two alternative convergent kinetic equations are derived for small values of the plasma parameter. It is shown that the first few terms in the asymptotic expansions of these generating functions are identical. Consequently, both kinetic equations give rise to the same transport coefficients in arbitrarily high order of the Chapman-Cowling truncation scheme.
Document type Article
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371(82)90045-0
Downloads
Permalink to this page
Back