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Kinetics of the Charging Process in Dusty Plasmas
Author(s) -
Trigger S. A.,
Schram P. P. J. M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.2150390129
Subject(s) - dusty plasma , plasma , charge (physics) , position (finance) , kinetic energy , distribution function , function (biology) , physics , computational physics , mechanics , atomic physics , classical mechanics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , finance , evolutionary biology , biology , economics
On basis of the kinetic equations for dusty plasmas we consider the charging equation for grains. We suggest the local charge approximation, in which the distribution function of the charge variable is a delta‐function, so that the charge becomes a function of position and time. We also simplify the kinetic equations and analyze the influence of the charging process on the dielectric function and wave spectra.