scholarly journals Nonlinear Diffusion of Ions in a Gas

1975 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 523 ◽  
Author(s):  
RE Robson

The evolution in time of an initially closely bunched group of ions in a neutral gas is examined by solving a model kinetic equation, and limits to the validity of the linear law of diffusion (Pick's law) are established. The implications of nonlinear diffusion processes for determination of ion transport coefficients in drift tube experiments are discussed.


1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 1090-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi Iinuma

A new formulation for the analysis of low density multiple-ion swarms drifting, diffusing, and inter-reacting in a neutral gas is proposed on a transport theory basis. A set of coupled three-dimensional transport equations for an arbitrary number of ion species, which governs the number densities of the ion swarms as functions of time and position coordinates, is exactly solved using a Fourier transform in a matrix representation. A picture of dynamic equilibrium state for hypothetical four ion swarms in a neutral gas is numerically obtained. Also, experimental data of transport coefficients and reaction rates for (Li+, Li+•N2, Li+•2N2)flN2 system are examined in a complete reversible cyclic reaction scheme and compared with a Green's function method. The initial and boundary conditions, the analysis in gas mixtures, and the inelastic process associated with the present formulation are briefly discussed. Key words: ion swarm, cluster ion, transport equation, ion–molecule reaction.



1976 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
RE Robson

The connection between nonlinear diffusion and diffusion cooling of ions in a bounded gas is examined using the BGK model kinetic equation.



1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 305 ◽  
Author(s):  
RE Robson ◽  
T Makabe

The transition to a periodic steady state for an ion swarm in a gas is investigated using the BGK model kinetic equation. Exact expressions for transport coefficients and the velocity distribution function are obtained and the latter is compared with experimental observations of ions in their parerit gases undergoing predominantly charge-transfer collisions.



1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiu Xiaoming ◽  
R. Balescu

In this paper we generalize the formalism developed by Balescu and Paiva-Veretennicoff, valid for any kind of weak turbulence, for the determination of all the transport coefficients of an unmagnetized turbulent plasma, to the case of a magnetized one, and suggest a technique to avoid finding the inverse of the turbulent collision operator. The implicit plasmadynamical equations of a two-fluid plasma are presented by means of plasmadynamical variables. The anomalous transport coefficients appear in their natural places in these equations. It is shown that the necessary number of transport coefficients for describing macroscopically the magnetized turbulent plasma does not exceed the number for the unmagnetized one. The typical turbulent and gyromotion terms, representing dissipative effects peculiar to the magnetized system, which contribute to the frequency-dependent transport coefficients are clearly exhibited.





Author(s):  
Akhilesh Kumar Pandey ◽  
Pushpendra Singh ◽  
Mohd. Shahnawaz Khan ◽  
Jitendra Kumar Singh




2007 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menghao Qin ◽  
Rafik Belarbi ◽  
Abdelkarim Ait-Mokhtar ◽  
Lars-Olof Nilsson


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