ON THE RELAXATION OF THE ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION OF LIGHT PARTICLES IN HEAVY GASES

Authors
BRAGLIA M MINARI P
Citation
M. Braglia et P. Minari, ON THE RELAXATION OF THE ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION OF LIGHT PARTICLES IN HEAVY GASES, Contributions to Plasma Physics, 34(6), 1994, pp. 711-724
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Contributions to Plasma Physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
08631042
Volume
34
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
711 - 724
Database
ISI
SICI code
0863-1042(1994)34:6<711:OTROTE>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A stochastic approach to the thermalization problem of tight particles in heavy gases is discussed which presents a number of advantages wit h respect to more conventional techniques. The procedure is used to st udy the relaxation of the distribution Function in cold gases in two s ituations in which: i) only first order terms are retained and ii) sec ond order terms are also included, with respect to the ratio m/M betwe en light-particle mass m and atomic mass M.