Published September 13, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Non-local velocity distribution function and one-flight approximation

Creators

  • 1. FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica 'Rijnhuizen', Associate Euroatom-FOM, 3430 BE Nieuwegein (Netherlands) and Russian Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute', Nuclear Fusion Institute, sq. Kurchatova 1, 123182 Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

The functional equation describing the collisionless particle velocity distribution function f(V) is considered in the framework of probabilistic approach. The key element of the collisionless particles description is using the waiting time distribution ψ(t). The solution of the considered functional is obtained for several model functions ψ(t) and it leads to the power form tails of the velocity distribution f(V). It is possible to adopt considered functional to the Laplace transformation form that allows us to accord 'collision' and 'collisionless' description. This Laplace form of the functional yields the Levy-Smirnov velocity distribution function with the characteristic exponent aL=1/2

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2004.07.046;
PII
S0375-9601(04)01060-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
330
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 22-27
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36054696
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; SCALING LAWS; VELOCITY
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONS; TRANSFORMATIONS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.