DERIVATION OF AN EQUATION FOR 3-WAVE INTERACTIONS BASED ON THE KLIMONTOVICH-DUPREE EQUATION

Authors
EROFEEV VI
Citation
Vi. Erofeev, DERIVATION OF AN EQUATION FOR 3-WAVE INTERACTIONS BASED ON THE KLIMONTOVICH-DUPREE EQUATION, Journal of Plasma Physics, 57, 1997, pp. 273-298
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Journal of Plasma Physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223778
Volume
57
Year of publication
1997
Part
2
Pages
273 - 298
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3778(1997)57:<273:DOAEF3>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A collision integral for three-wave interactions in a collisionless pl asma is derived from the full plasma description by means of the Klimo ntovich-Dupree and Maxwell equations. This collision integral differs from its traditional counterpart (calculated within the framework of V lasov theory) by an additional functional factor. This means that the changes in the wave spectral density, which are induced by three-wave interactions, occur with a rate other than that calculated in Vlasov t heory.