Anomalous heat conductivity for a weakly ionized plasma in a strong magnetic field

✍ Scribed by H. Kagermann; W.E. Köhler

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 734 KB
• Volume: 102
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-4371
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(80)90140-5

✦ Synopsis

For stable systems the heat conduction due to the charge carriers in a weakly ionized plasma of electrons, ions and neutral atoms is studied in the presence of a strong external magnetic field. A kinetic theory description is given in terms of transport-relaxation equations derived from the linearized Boltzmann equation. Only collisions with neutral particles are taken into account, the interaction between charged particles is described by a fluctuating electric field. By use of a weak coupling approximation the renormalized coefficients of heat conductivity are calculated. For the perpendicular part of the electronic heat conductivity an anomalous II-" behavior is found (a =