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Diffusion coefficient with displacement variance of energetic particles with adiabatic focusing

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2020-01-08 v1

Abstract

The equation κzz=dσ2/(2dt)\kappa_{zz}=d\sigma^2/(2dt) (hereafter DCDV) is a well-known formula of energetic particles describing the relation of parallel diffusion coefficient κzz\kappa_{zz} with the parallel displacement variance σ2\sigma^2. In this study, we find that DCDV is only applicable to two kinds of transport equations of isotropic distribution function, one is without cross terms, the other is without convection term. Here, by employing the more general transport equation, i.e., the variable coefficient differential equation derived from the Fokker-Planck equation, a new equation of κzz\kappa_{zz} as a function of σ2\sigma^2 is obtained. We find that DCDV is the special case of the new equation. In addition, another equation of κzz\kappa_{zz} as a function of σ2\sigma^2 corresponding to the telegraph equation is also investigated preliminarily.

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@article{arxiv.1909.11547,
  title  = {Diffusion coefficient with displacement variance of energetic particles with adiabatic focusing},
  author = {J. F. Wang and G. Qin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.11547},
  year   = {2020}
}