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Nonlinear Debye-Onsager-Relaxation-Effect

Plasma Physics 2015-06-26 v1 Accelerator Physics

Abstract

The quantum kinetic equation for charged particles in strong electric fields is used to derive the nonlinear particle flux. The relaxation field is calculated quantum mechanically up to any order in the applied field provided a given Maxwellian plasma. The classical limit is given in analytical form. In the range of weak fields the deformation of the screening cloud is responsible for the Debye-Onsager relaxation effect.

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@article{arxiv.physics/9802049,
  title  = {Nonlinear Debye-Onsager-Relaxation-Effect},
  author = {K. Morawetz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9802049},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Proceeding of the 8. International Workshop on Atomic Physics for Ion-Driven Fusion, Heidelberg 1997, appear in Laser and Particle beams