Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982plph...24..389b&link_type=abstract
Plasma Physics, vol. 24, Apr. 1982, p. 389-418.
Physics
Plasma Physics
60
Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Nonuniform Plasmas, Space Plasmas, Transport Properties, Anisotropic Media, Approximation, Collision Parameters, Flow Equations, Tensor Analysis
Scientific paper
An attempt is made to present a unified approach to the study of transport phenomena in multicomponent anisotropic space plasmas. In particular, a system of generalized transport equations is presented that can be applied to widely different plasma flow conditions. The generalized transport equations can describe subsonic and supersonic flows, collision-dominated and collisionless flows, plasma flows in rapidly changing magnetic field configurations, multicomponent plasma flows with large temperature differences between the interacting species, and plasma flows that contain anisotropic temperature distributions. In addition, if Maxwell's equations of electricity and magnetism are added to the system of transport equations, they can be used to model electrostatic shocks, double layers, and magnetic merging processes. These transport equations also contain terms which act to regulate both the heat flow and temperature anisotropy, processes which appear to be operating in the solar wind.
Barakat Abdallah R.
Schunk Robert W.
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