Viscosity and mutual diffusion in strongly asymmetric plasma mixtures

Journal Article · Tue Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2004 · Physical Review E

OSTI ID:15016555

Bastea, S

The authors present molecular dynamics simulation results for the viscosity and mutual diffusion constant of a strongly asymmetric two-component plasma (TCP). They compare the results with available theoretical models previously tested for much smaller asymmetries. for the case of viscosity they propose a new predictive framework based on the linear mixing rule, while for mutual diffusion they point out some consistency problems of widely used Boltzmann equation based models.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 15016555
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JRNL-206447; TRN: US0502597
• Journal Information: Physical Review E, Vol. 71; Other Information: Journal publication date May 26, 2005; PDF-FILE: 17 ; SIZE: 0.2 MBYTES; PBD: 7 Sep 2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
BOLTZMANN EQUATION
DIFFUSION
MIXTURES
PLASMA
SIMULATION
VISCOSITY