Generalized Landau Equation for a System with a Self-Consistent Mean Field - Derivation from an N-Particle Liouville Equation

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Feb 1981

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Astrophysical Journal, Vol.244, P. 316, 1981

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Assume that the evolution of a system is determined by an N-particle Liouville equation. Suppose, moreover, that the particles which compose the system interact via a long range force like gravity so that the system will be spatially inhomogeneous. In this case, the mean force acting upon a test particle does not vanish, so that one wishes to isolate a self-consistent mean field and distinguish its "systematic" effects from the effects of "fluctuations." This is done here. The time-dependent projection operator formalism of Willis and Picard is used to obtain an exact equation for the time evolution of an appropriately defined one-particle probability density. If one implements the assumption that the "fluctuation" time scale is much shorter than both the relaxation and dynamical time scales, this exact equation can be approximated as a closed Markovian equation. In the limiting case of spatial homogeneity, one recovers precisely the standard Landau equation, which is customarily derived by a stochastic binary-encounter argument. This equation is contrasted with the standard heuristic equation for a mean field theory, as formulated for a Newtonian r-1 gravitational potential in stellar dynamics.

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