Causal kinetic equation of non-equilibrium plasmas

• Published in: Annales geophysicae (1988) Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 683 - 690
• Main Authors: Treumann, Rudolf A., Baumjohann, Wolfgang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 24.05.2017; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Astrophysics; Atoms & subatomic particles; Charged particles; Collisions; Distance; Distribution functions; Dynamical systems; Electromagnetism; Emission; Evolution; Kinetic equations; Kinetic theory; Light effects; Liouville equations; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Nonequilibrium plasmas; Particle distribution; Particle physics; Physics; Plasmas (physics); Space density; Spontaneous emission; Statistics; Theories; Thermodynamic equilibrium; Transport; Velocity

Statistical plasma theory far from thermal equilibrium is subject to Liouville's equation, which is at the base of the BBGKY hierarchical approach to plasma kinetic theory, from which, in the absence of collisions, Vlasov's equation follows. It is also at the base of Klimontovich's ap...