title: Gyrokinetic linearized Landau collision operator.
abstract: The full gyrokinetic electrostatic linearized Landau collision operator is calculated including the equilibrium operator, which represents the effect of collisions between gyrokinetic Maxwellian particles. First, the equilibrium operator describes energy exchange between different plasma species, which is important in multiple ion-species plasmas. Second, the equilibrium operator describes drag and diffusion of the magnetic field aligned component of the vorticity associated with the E×B drift. Therefore, a correct description of collisional effects in turbulent plasmas requires the equilibrium operator, even for like-particle collisions.
authors: Association EURATOM-DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. jmad@fysik.dtu.dk
authors: Jens
authors: J
authors: Madsen
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004735:Energy Transfer; D016014:Linear Models; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D058626:Plasma Gases / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D058626:Plasma Gases