Comment on negative diffusion coefficients in quasi-linear theory
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 5 (1), 131-133
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377800005614
Abstract
A recent paper on quasiinear theory by Klozenberg & Bernstein is commented upon. It is argued that improper treatment of the perturbed electron distribution for damped waves has led to a diffusion-type equation with a negative diffusion coefficient.Keywords
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