Effect of Localized Electric Fields on the Evolution of the Velocity Distribution Function
- 23 December 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 33 (26), 1534-1537
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.33.1534
Abstract
The interaction between charged particles and sharply localized fields is investigated. The random particle scattering is described by a Fokker-Planck equation whose time-dependent solution exhibits the formation of a highly populated superthermal tail.Keywords
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