Convergent Classical Kinetic Equation for a Plasma
- 1 December 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 6 (12), 1700-1706
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1711012
Abstract
A kinetic equation for a plasma of electrons and infinite mass ions is derived which exhibits no divergences for any impact parameter. The basic expansion used is in nλD 3, the number of particles in a Debye sphere. The collision operator has Boltzmann, Fokker‐Planck, and Lenard‐Balescu behavior in the appropriate impact parameter regimes.Keywords
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