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A note on the Coulomb collision operator in curvilinear coordinates

2010/05/19 by P. R. Goncharov
Physics and Astronomy · #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #physics.plasm-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0741-3335/52/10/102001

published as Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 52 (2010) 102001 · 7 pages

arxiv created 2010/05/19 · openalex publication_date 2010/09/07 · arxiv updated 2010/09/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Dynamic friction force, diffusion tensor, flux density in velocity space, and Coulomb collision term are expressed in curvilinear coordinates via Trubnikov potential functions corresponding to each species of background plasma. For comparison, explicit formulas are given for dynamic friction force, diffusion tensor and collisional flux density in velocity space in curvilinear coordinates via Rosenbluth potential functions summed over all species of background plasma.

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