Energy balance of charged particles multiply scattered in a randomly inhomogeneous magnetic field

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Sov. Phys. - JETP (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6226971

Dorman, L I; Kats, M E; Fedorov, Y I; Shakhov, B A

A consistent theory of energy exchange between high-energy charged particles and random magnetic-field inhomogeneities frozen in a moving plasma is developed. It is shown that the character of the change of the particle energy, given the plasma-velocity variation in space, is determined by the concrete form of the particle distribution function. An equation is obtained for the particle energy density, and the question of formation of the energy spectrum of the charged particles in the course of multiple scattering by random magnetic-field inhomogeneities is considered.

• Research Organization: Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, USSR Academy of Sciences
• OSTI ID: 6226971
• Journal Information: Sov. Phys. - JETP (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Phys. - JETP (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 52:4; ISSN SPHJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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CHARGED PARTICLES
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ENERGY BALANCE
ENERGY DENSITY
ENERGY SPECTRA
ENERGY TRANSFER
FUNCTIONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MULTIPLE SCATTERING
PLASMA
SCATTERING
SPECTRA