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Kinetic Plasma Physics

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Plasma Astrophysics

Part of the book series: Saas-Fee Advanced Courses ((SAASFEE,volume 24))

Abstract

In the kinetic theory of plasmas, particles are described by distribution functions whose evolution is determined by kinetic equations. The spectrum of fluctuations in the plasma includes distributions of weakly damped waves. The kinetic equation for the particles may be averaged over these fluctuations to find averaged kinetic equations, sometimes called the quasilinear equations. These kinetic equations describe the slow evolution of the waves, which may be damped or may grow, and of the particles, which diffuse in momentum space. In this lecture course, a general derivation of the quasilinear equations is given in the first two lectures, and these equations are used to treat resonant scattering and related processes is the next three lectures. The last four lectures are concerned with radiation processes in various astrophysical sources. Radiation processes may also be treated using the theory outlined in the first two lectures.

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Melrose, D.B. (1994). Kinetic Plasma Physics. In: Benz, A.O., Courvoisier, T.JL. (eds) Plasma Astrophysics. Saas-Fee Advanced Courses, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31627-2_2

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