Tsallis distribution functions for charged particles in electric and magnetic fields

Authors
Rossani, A Scarfone, AM
Citation
A. Rossani et Am. Scarfone, Tsallis distribution functions for charged particles in electric and magnetic fields, PHYSICA A, 282(1-2), 2000, pp. 212-224
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICA A
ISSN journal
03784371 → ACNP
Volume
282
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
212 - 224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(20000701)282:1-2<212:TDFFCP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Tsallis distribution functions are shown to arise in the case of charged pa rticles in electric and magnetic fields, inelastically interacting with a m edium. Explicit results for Maxwell and hard-sphere interactions are provid ed. The mean energy and the components of the current density are plotted a s functions of both the electric and the magnetic fields. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.