Projection-operator methods for classical transport in magnetized plasmas. Part 2. Nonlinear response and the Burnett equations. (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Krommes, John A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of plasma physics. Volume 84:Number 6(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: plasma nonlinear phenomena; Plasma (Ionized gases) -- Periodicals; 530.4405
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022377818000892
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3778

Abstract

Abstract : The time-independent projection-operator formalism of Brey et al. ( Physica A, vol. 109, 1981, pp. 425–444) for the derivation of Burnett equations is extended and considered in the context of multispecies and magnetized plasmas. The procedure provides specific formulas for transport coefficients in terms of two-time correlation functions involving both two and three phase-space points. It is shown how to calculate those correlation functions in the limit of weak coupling. The results are used to demonstrate, with the aid of a particular non-trivial example, that the Chapman–Enskog methodology employed by Catto & Simakov (CS) ( Phys. Plasmas, vol. 11, 2004, pp. 90–102) to calculate the contributions to the parallel viscosity driven by temperature gradients is consistent with formulas previously derived from the two-time formalism by Brey ( J. Chem. Phys., vol. 79, 1983, pp. 4585–4598). The work serves to unify previous work on plasma kinetic theory with formalism usually applied to turbulence. Additional contributions include discussions of (i) Braginskii-order interspecies momentum exchange from the point of view of two-time correlations; and (ii) a simple stochastic model, unrelated to many-body theory, that exhibits Burnett effects. Insights from that model emphasize the role of non-Gaussian statistics in the evaluation of Burnett transport coefficients, including the effects calculated by CS that stem from the nonlinear collision operator. Together, Parts 1 and 2 of this series provide an introduction to projection-operator methods that should be broadly useful in theoretical plasma physics.