Accession Number:

AD0758275

Title:

Directional Transport Equations for Plasmas,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Wang,P. K. C.

Report Date:

1973-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

The equations governing the directional transport of plasmas are derived from the Boltzmanns equation by averaging over a given subset of the velocity space. Their application to plasma confinement by means of external time-dependent electromagnetic fields is discussed. Author

Descriptors:

• *PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
• CONTAINMENT(NUCLEAR REACTORS)

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE