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Transport Properties in the Presence of Magnetic Fields

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The presence of the magnetic field breaks the isotropy of the gas system because velocities in a plane normal to the field are modified, while velocities parallel to it are not. As a result, the transport coefficients turn into tensors with three (five in the case of viscosity) independent components. In a frame of reference where the x axis has the direction of the magnetic field the transport coefficients (but the viscosity) are written as:

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Capitelli, M., Bruno, D., Laricchiuta, A. (2013). Transport Properties in the Presence of Magnetic Fields. In: Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 74. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8172-1_9

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