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When can Fokker-Planck Equation describe anomalous or chaotic transport?

Authors :
Escande, D. F.
Sattin, F.
Source :
Physical Review Letters 99, 185005 (2007)
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

The Fokker-Planck Equation, applied to transport processes in fusion plasmas, can model several anomalous features, including uphill transport, scaling of confinement time with system size, and convective propagation of externally induced perturbations. It can be justified for generic particle transport provided that there is enough randomness in the Hamiltonian describing the dynamics. Then, except for 1 degree-of-freedom, the two transport coefficients are largely independent. Depending on the statistics of interest, the same dynamical system may be found diffusive or dominated by its L\'{e}vy flights.<br />Comment: 4 pages. Accepted in Physical Review Letters. V2: only some minor changes

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics - Plasma Physics

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Physical Review Letters 99, 185005 (2007)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.0705.3737
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.185005