Ponderomotive laser-plasma effects subject to strong magnetic fields and collisions

The self-generated magnetic field in laser-plasma interactions is allowed to be sufficiently strong so that the cyclotron frequency exceeds the electron-ion collision frequency. Kinetic theory is applied to determine the ponderomotive terms in the transport coefficients of current flow, heat flow, and electron pressure tensor in a plasma with Z>>1. In particular, perpendicular to the magnetic field and parallel to the gradient, a B-10 dependence can occur in the current and heat flow. The source terms in the equation for the self-generated magnetic fields are derived, and several terms differ from those of a weak magnetic field. The moment relations with ponderomotive contributions are given including the contribution to the collisional momentum transfer. The time-averaged isotropic part of the electron velocity distribution function is allowed to have an arbitrary form