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Title: Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 2. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations [Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 1. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations]

Abstract

The time-independent projection-operator formalism for the derivation of Burnett equations is extended and considered in the context of multispecies and magnetized plasmas. The procedure provides specific formulas for transport coefficients in terms of two-time correlation functions involving both two and three phase-space points. It is shown how to calculate those correlation functions in the limit of weak coupling. The results are used to demonstrate, with the aid of a particular non-trivial example, that the Chapman–Enskog methodology employed by Catto & Simakov (CS) (Phys. Plasmas, vol. 11, 2004, pp. 90–102) to calculate the contributions to the parallel viscosity driven by temperature gradients is consistent with formulas previously derived from the two-time formalism by Brey (J. Chem. Phys., vol. 79, 1983, pp. 4585–4598). Here, the work serves to unify previous work on plasma kinetic theory with formalism usually applied to turbulence. Additional contributions include discussions of (i) Braginskii-order interspecies momentum exchange from the point of view of two-time correlations; and (ii) a simple stochastic model, unrelated to many-body theory, that exhibits Burnett effects. Insights from that model emphasize the role of non-Gaussian statistics in the evaluation of Burnett transport coefficients, including the effects calculated by CS that stem from the nonlinear collisionmore » operator. Together, Parts 1 and 2 of this series provide an introduction to projection-operator methods that should be broadly useful in theoretical plasma physics.« less

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  1. Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States). Plasma Physics Lab
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Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1558767
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-09CH11466
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Plasma Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 84; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3778
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; plasma nonlinear phenomena

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Krommes, John A. Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 2. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations [Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 1. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations]. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1017/s0022377818000892.
Krommes, John A. Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 2. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations [Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 1. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations]. United States. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377818000892
Krommes, John A. Fri . "Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 2. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations [Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 1. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations]". United States. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377818000892. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1558767.
@article{osti_1558767,
title = {Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 2. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations [Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 1. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations]},
author = {Krommes, John A.},
abstractNote = {The time-independent projection-operator formalism for the derivation of Burnett equations is extended and considered in the context of multispecies and magnetized plasmas. The procedure provides specific formulas for transport coefficients in terms of two-time correlation functions involving both two and three phase-space points. It is shown how to calculate those correlation functions in the limit of weak coupling. The results are used to demonstrate, with the aid of a particular non-trivial example, that the Chapman–Enskog methodology employed by Catto & Simakov (CS) (Phys. Plasmas, vol. 11, 2004, pp. 90–102) to calculate the contributions to the parallel viscosity driven by temperature gradients is consistent with formulas previously derived from the two-time formalism by Brey (J. Chem. Phys., vol. 79, 1983, pp. 4585–4598). Here, the work serves to unify previous work on plasma kinetic theory with formalism usually applied to turbulence. Additional contributions include discussions of (i) Braginskii-order interspecies momentum exchange from the point of view of two-time correlations; and (ii) a simple stochastic model, unrelated to many-body theory, that exhibits Burnett effects. Insights from that model emphasize the role of non-Gaussian statistics in the evaluation of Burnett transport coefficients, including the effects calculated by CS that stem from the nonlinear collision operator. Together, Parts 1 and 2 of this series provide an introduction to projection-operator methods that should be broadly useful in theoretical plasma physics.},
doi = {10.1017/s0022377818000892},
journal = {Journal of Plasma Physics},
number = 6,
volume = 84,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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