Published September 13, 2004
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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
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.