ELECTRON-DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS IN LASER-EMBEDDED PLASMAS

Authors
PORSHNEV P FERRANTE G ZARCONE M
Citation
P. Porshnev et al., ELECTRON-DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS IN LASER-EMBEDDED PLASMAS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 48(3), 1993, pp. 2081-2086
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
48
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2081 - 2086
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1993)48:3<2081:EFILP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A detailed study is reported concerning the evolution of the electron distribution function for a laser-embedded fully ionized plasma, takin g into account the inverse bremsstrahlung and the electron-electron (e -e) collisions. Whenever possible, an effort is made to provide an ana lytic treatment of the problem, which is corroborated by numerical ana lysis as well. An approximate, analytic self-similar distribution func tion has been found for the case when e-e collisions are not negligibl e, and the heating equation has been solved numerically.