Collisional dynamics of a strongly magnetized pure electron plasma
作者:
T. M. O’Neil,
P. G. Hjorth,
期刊:
Physics of Fluids(00319171)
(AIP Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 28,
issue 11
页码: 3241-3252
ISSN:0031-9171
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1063/1.865322
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
For a pure electron plasma in a sufficiently strong magnetic field, there is a many‐electron adiabatic invariant which constrains the collisional dynamics. For the case of a uniform magnetic field, the adiabatic invariant is the total kinetic energy associated with the electron velocity components that are perpendicular to the magnetic field (i.e., ∑j mv2j⊥ /2). Were the adiabatic invariant an exact constant of the motion, no exchange of energy would be possible between the parallel and the perpendicular degrees of freedom, and the plasma could acquire and maintain two different temperatures,T∥andT⊥. However, an adiabatic invariant is not strictly conserved. In the present case, each collision produces an exponentially small exchange of energy between the parallel and the perpendicular degrees of freedom, and these act cumulatively in such a way thatT∥andT⊥relax to a common value. This paper provides a calculation of the equipartition rate.
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