Accession Number:

AD0743193

Title:

Charged Particle Transport in Turbulent Astrophysical Plasmas,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CALIF INST FOR PLASMA RESEARCH

Personal Author(s):

• Newman,Charles E. , Jr

Report Date:

1972-03-14

Pagination or Media Count:

82.0

Abstract:

The effect of electromagnetic fluctuations, or plasma turbulence, on the motion of the individual particles in a plasma is investigated two alternative methods are used to find a general equation governing the time-evolution of a distribution of charged particles subject to both an external force field and the random fields of the fluctuations. It is found that, for the high-temperature, low-density plasmas frequently encountered in the study of astrophysics, the presence of even a small amount of turbulence can have a very important effect on the behavior of the plasma. Two problems in which turbulence plays an important role are treated in detail. Author

Descriptors:

• *PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• *TURBULENCE
• *PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
• ELECTRON DENSITY
• SOLAR WIND
• ELECTRIC FIELDS
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• STOCHASTIC PROCESSES

Subject Categories:

• Astrophysics
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE