Kinetic Theory in Hot Plasmas and Neutral Gases Applications to the Computation of the transport coefficients
- Laboratoire Electronique Quantique, Faculte de Physique Universite des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Bouedienne USTHB Bab Ezzouar (Algeria)
The conference is devoted to the study of systems consisting of a large number of particles by using the kinetic theory. In a first part, we present a general overview of the kinetic theory. In particular, the role of the correlations between particles is shown and discussed through the main models reported in the literature. In a second part, we present three applications to the transport properties in plasmas and neutral gases. The first application is devoted to the transport in hot plasmas perturbed with respect to the global equilibrium. The quasi-static and collisionless distribution function and transport coefficients are established. The influence of relativistic effects is also discussed. The second application deals with strongly inhomogeneous magnetized plasmas. The transport coefficients of Braginskii are calculated numerically in the local and the weakly nonlocal approximations. New nonlocal transport coefficients are emphasized. Finally, we apply the kinetic theory to the neutral gases by calculating the semi-collisional dispersion relation of acoustic waves. In particular, the dispersion and the damping of these waves in rarefied gases are highlighted. The method used to solve the kinetic equations is compared with the conventional method of Chapman-Enskog.
- OSTI ID:
- 21251412
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1047, Issue 1; Conference: LAPAMS'08: 1. international conference on laser plasma applications in materials science, Algiers (Algeria), 23-26 Jun 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2999972; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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