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The Fokker‐Planck equation, and its application in plasma physics
Author(s) -
Peeters A.G.,
Strintzi D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.200710279
Subject(s) - parametrization (atmospheric modeling) , physics , fokker–planck equation , context (archaeology) , statistical physics , planck , theoretical physics , meaning (existential) , space (punctuation) , classical mechanics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , computer science , partial differential equation , paleontology , biology , radiative transfer , operating system , philosophy
In a classic paper Max Planck derived an equation, now known as the Fokker‐Planck equation, which plays a central role in the statistics description of many body problems. The equation is used in many branches of physics as well as chemistry and biology to describe a variety of different processes. In plasma physics, on which this paper concentrates, it forms the corner stone for the description of the Coulomb collisions. Furthermore, it is pointed out that also the so‐called quasi‐linear theory is closely related to the Fokker‐Planck equation.