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The relaxation of a strongly anisotropic two-component-plasma is treated by using the Balescu-Lenard-equation, i.e. taking into account collective effects. The relaxation process is described by parallel and perpendicular temperatures as functions of time; it is assumed that the distribution functions remain elliptical. The result is that collective effects are only significant if the ratio of electron and ion temperatures is very small (<10−4) or very large (>10+2).
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This work was performed as part of the joint research program between EURATOM and the Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching.
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Lehner, G., Pohl, F. On the relaxation of anisotropic plasmas with dynamic shielding. Z. Physik 216, 488–498 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01390877
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01390877