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Full Coulomb collision operator in the moment expansion.

Authors :
Jeong-Young Ji
Held, Eric D.
Source :
Physics of Plasmas. Oct2009, Vol. 16 Issue 10, p102108. 8p.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

The full Coulomb collision operator and its moments including nonlinear terms are analytically calculated in the moment expansion. In coupling nonlinear terms, the product formula which expresses a product of two harmonic tensors as a series of single harmonic tensors is derived. The collision operators and moments are written in explicit formulas for arbitrary moments and for arbitrary temperature and mass ratios. These expressions easily reduce to formulas for the small mass-ratio approximation or for like species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1070664X
Volume :
16
Issue :
10
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Physics of Plasmas
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
44910021
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3234253