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The collision term of the Fokker-Planck-type magnetized kinetic equation is approximated for an electron-ion plasma in a strong external uniform magnetic field. The collision term is evaluated explicitly in the case of unmagnetized Maxwellian ions for 1<η=Ω e /ω pi √2<λ. It is shown that the dominant effects are determined by the parameter ln (λ/η) which replaces the Coulomb logarithm lnλ in the components of the diffusion coeficientD.
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Šesták, B. Collision term of the Fokker Planck equation in strong external magnetic field. Czech J Phys 32, 739–745 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01596826
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01596826