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Stochastic wave‐kinetic theory of radiative transfer in the presence of ionization
Author(s) -
Besieris Ioannis M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs022i006p00885
Subject(s) - radiative transfer , isotropy , physics , smoothing , statistical physics , simple (philosophy) , kinetic theory , kinetic energy , ionization , plasma , turbulence , computational physics , mathematics , classical mechanics , mechanics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , statistics , ion , philosophy , epistemology
The stochastic wave‐kinetic theory at the level of the first‐order smoothing approximation is used to construct a radiative transfer equation for a simple model of a weakly inhomogeneous, weakly non‐stationary, and locally isotropic cold turbulent plasma. All the coefficients in the resulting equation are expressed systematically in terms of the electrodynamic and statistical properties of the medium without the usual recourse to phenomenological arguments.