Published January 26, 1981 | Version v1
Journal article Metadata-only

Electron energy transport in steep temperature gradients in laser-produced plasmas

Creators

  • 1. Scientific Research Council Rutherford and Appleton Laboratories, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Description

The Fokker-Planck equation has been solved numerically in one spatial and two velocity dimensions in order to study thermal conduction in large temperature gradients occurring in laser-produced plasmas. The heat flow is an order of magnitude smaller than that predicted by the classical theory when the temperature scale length is a few electron mean free paths

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
46
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
243-246
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12606210
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRONS; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; PHASE SPACE; POWER TRANSMISSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTION; TRANSPORT THEORY
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; LEPTONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PLASMA; SPACE