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Transport in partially degenerate, magnetized plasmas. Part 2. Numerical calculation of transport coefficients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

S. R. BROWN  and
M. G. HAINES
S. R. BROWN
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, UK
M. G. HAINES
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, UK
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Abstract

The modified Fokker–Planck collision operator for partially degenerate electrons was derived in an earlier paper [J. Plasma Phys.58, 577 (1997)]. This is now employed to study linear electron transport for a partially degenerate, magnetized plasma. Because polynomial expansions can yield incorrect transport coefficients owing to lack of resolution of the small fraction of low-energy unmagnetized electrons, a numerical discrete-ordinate scheme is employed. The inclusion of electron–electron collisions advances the model beyond that of Lee and More, and in the classical limit agrees with the results of Epperlein and Haines.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , August 1999 , pp. 129 - 144
Copyright
1999 Cambridge University Press

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