Relativistic theory of classical collisional transport in a weakly coupled plasma: Solution of Fokker endash Planck equation

A generalized Fokker endash Planck equation is developed in the pattern of a well-known collision operator [Beliaev and Budker, Sov. Phys. Dokl. 1, 218 (1957)] and solved for a relativistic singly charged electron endash ion plasma under the impact of crossed electric and magnetic fields. Using the differential form of the collision operator and the modified Rosenbluth potentials appropriate for the relativistic plasma various cross-field transport coefficients are derived analytically in the limit of nonrelativistic, moderately relativistic and ultrarelativistic temperatures. copyright 1997 American Institute of Physics