Fokker-Planck equation in the presence of a uniform magnetic field

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Abstract

The Fokker-Planck equation in the presence of a uniform magnetic field is derived through the transform method. It has the same form as the case of no magnetic field but the Fokker-Planck coefficients are calculated based on a different motion equation and have different physical interpretations. Within the binary collision model, the Fokker-Planck coefficients are calculated explicitly which are free from infinite sums of Bessel functions. They can be used to investigate the effects of magnetic field on velocity slowing down, diffusion, and temperature relaxation conveniently. The kinetic equation is also manipulated into the Landau form and shown to be identical to the result obtained from the BBGKY approach when the collective effects are neglected and satisfy the conservation of particles, momentum, and energy.

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Authors

  • Ding Li

    Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, China, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science,Beijing 100190, China

  • Chao Dong

    Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, China, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science,Beijing 100190, China, Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Wenlu Zhang

    Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, China, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academic of Science, Beijing 100190, China, Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science,Beijing 100190, China, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)