Reduced entropic model for studies of multidimensional nonlocal transport in high-energy-density plasmas
Reduced entropic model for studies of multidimensional nonlocal transport in high-energy-density plasmas
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DOI:
10.1063/1.4926824
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发表时间:
2015-08-01
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2.2
通讯作者:
Tikhonchuk, V.
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作者:
Del Sorbo, D.;Feugeas, J. -L.;Tikhonchuk, V.
Hydrodynamic simulations of high-energy-density plasmas require a detailed description of energy fluxes. For low and intermediate atomic number materials, the leading mechanism is the electron transport, which may be a nonlocal phenomenon requiring a kinetic modeling. In this paper, we present and test the results of a nonlocal model based on the first angular moments of a simplified Fokker-Planck equation. This multidimensional model is closed thanks to an entropic relation (the Boltzman H-theorem). It provides a better description of the electron distribution function, thus enabling studies of small scale kinetic effects within the hydrodynamic framework. Examples of instabilities of electron plasma and ion-acoustic waves, driven by the heat flux, are presented and compared with the classical formula. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.