Regularized κ-distributions with non-diverging moments
Regularized κ-distributions with non-diverging moments
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DOI:
10.1209/0295-5075/120/50002
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发表时间:
2017-12-01
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1.8
通讯作者:
Lazar, M.
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作者:
Scherer, K.;Fichtner, H.;Lazar, M.
For various plasma applications the so-called (non-relativistic) kappa-distribution is widely used to reproduce and interpret the suprathermal particle populations exhibiting a power-law distribution in velocity or energy. Despite its reputation the standard kappa-distribution as a concept is still disputable, mainly due to the velocity moments M-l which make a macroscopic characterization possible, but whose existence is restricted only to low orders l < 2 kappa - 1. In fact, the definition of the kappa-distribution itself is conditioned by the existence of the moment of order l = 2 (i.e., kinetic temperature) satisfied only for kappa > 3/2. In order to resolve these critical limitations we introduce the regularized kappa-distribution with non-diverging moments. For the evaluation of all velocity moments a general analytical expression is provided enabling a significant step towards a macroscopic (fluid-like) description of space plasmas, and, in general, any system of kappa-distributed particles. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2018