Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion by Francis F. Chen

Author:Francis F. Chen
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Fig. 7.6Contours of constant f for a drifting Maxwellian distribution and a “beam” in two dimensions

A loss cone distribution of a mirror-confined plasma can be represented by contours of f in v ⊥, v || space. Figure 7.7 shows how these would look.

Fig. 7.7Contours of constant f for a loss-cone distribution. Here v || and v ⊥ stand for the components of v along and perpendicular to the magnetic field, respectively

7.2 Equations of Kinetic Theory

The fundamental equation which f(r, v, t) has to satisfy is the Boltzmann equation :

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