ON THE ASYMPTOTIC KINETIC EQUATION FOR INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMAS

Abstract

The equations for the pair correlation of a slightly inhomogeneous plasma obtained under two different forms of Bogolubov's assumptions are solved and the results are shown to be identical. The results are then compared with the corresponding result for the initial value problem. The contribution of the latter to the kinetic equation is shown to relax slowly [Formula: see text] to the asymptotic (in the sense of Bogolubov) result. The present result differs from that of Wu and Rosenberg, who appear to have linearized their equations improperly.