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Nonlocal equation for the symmetric part of the electron distribution function in an inhomogeneous plasma

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A nonlocal kinetic equation is derived for the symmetric part of the distribution function of suprathermal electrons. It is shown that Albritton equations are merely local approximations to the total kinetic equation. Even in the simplest situation, the local approximations of the nonlocal effects are impossible to construct because of the interdependence of the variables. A self-similar solution to the equations under study is proposed.

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Translated from Fizika Plazmy, Vol. 29, No. 9, 2003, pp. 847–850.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2003 by Bakunin.

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Bakunin, O.G. Nonlocal equation for the symmetric part of the electron distribution function in an inhomogeneous plasma. Plasma Phys. Rep. 29, 785–788 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1609582

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