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Transport Phenomena in a Completely Ionized Gas

Spitzer, Lyman, Härm, Richard·1953·Physical Review

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The coefficients of electrical and thermal conductivity have been computed for completely ionized gases with a wide variety of mean ionic charges. The effect of mutual electron encounters is considered as a problem of diffusion in velocity space, taking into account a term which previously had been neglected. The appropriate integro-differential equations are then solved numerically. The resultant conductivities are very close to the less extensive results obtained with the higher approximations on the Chapman-Cowling method, provided the Debye shielding distance is used as the cutoff in summing the effects of two-body encounters.

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Authors
Spitzer, L., & Härm, R.
Venue
Physical Review
Published
1953-03-01
Volume
89
Issue
5
Pages
977-981
ISSN
0031-899X (ISSN-L)
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en
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