ISSN:
1089-7674
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
A new numerical approach to solve the linear integrodifferential Fokker–Planck equation (FPE), which describes a collisional and magnetized plasma, is presented. For this purpose, the FPE is reduced to a simple set of ordinary differential equations, which can be easily solved, with the use of standard numerical methods. The transport coefficients induced by the first anisotropic distribution function computed by Braginskii [Reviews of Plasma Physics (Consultants Bureau, New York, 1965), Vol. 1] and improved by Epperlein and Haines [Phys. Fluids 29, 1029 (1986)], have been recovered. The viscosity coefficients are computed for arbitrary atomic numbers and arbitrary magnetic field strength and are compared to the results reported in the literature. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1456529
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