摘要

The kinetic equation for a single-component uniform plasma in a magnetic field is analytically solved by the moment method. The linear system of ordinary differential equations for the moments is decomposed into subsystems of lower dimensions by a geometric method. The eigensystem of each subsystem shows that parallel moments decay monotonically, but perpendicular lth harmonic moments decay while oscillating with the l, l-2,...,-th harmonics of gyrofrequency. A generalization to a multicomponent plasma is discussed.

  • 出版日期2010-7-2