29 questions linked to/from Visualising gas temperature and gas pressure
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### Conceptual problem on Maxwell's velocity distribution law

I already read about Maxwell's velocity distribution law for gas molecule. And the expression for that distribution is following dnc=4πnA^3e^(-bc^2)c^2dc Now if we assume that the molecules have no ...
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### Velocity from the cumulative distribution function of the Boltzmann distribution [duplicate]

I want to get a Boltzmann distribution of the $v_x$, $v_y$ and $v_z$ velocity components (please, notice that the distribution is one-dimensional). To do so, I need the cumulative distribution ...
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### What causes polarization current density in plasma?

Plasma current density is defined as $\textbf{j}=-\mathrm{e}n_e\textbf{u}_e$ where $\mathrm{e}$ is electron charge, $n_e$ is electron concentration and $\textbf{u}_e$ is electron velocity. What ...
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### What's the loss of information in taking the moments of the Vlasov equation for the Particle-In-Cell method

I know that when deriving the hydrodynamic equations from Boltzmann's equation we take the first three moments along momentum space to get the conservations laws. Taking infinitely many moments would ...
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### Can't prove that Fast Magnetosonic Wave's proper speed is given by the following formula

So, suppose a magnetosonic disturbance, it is proven that (You can also see it in Richard Fitzpatrick's Plasma Physics online text), that the Fast Magnetosonic Wave is equal to \dfrac{...
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### How many temperatures has a plasma?

In nonthermal plasma, not all particles move in the same way. The electrons are different from other particles. Both can be described as having a temperature separately. But that would mean, one piece ...
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### Feynman Lectures I 40: Is the homogeneity of the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution a result of, or a pre-requisite for its derivation?

I refer to hand-waving a lot in this post. That is not to say that it was in appropriate. Feynman pretty much said at the outset that his treatment of thermal physics was going to be less than ...
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### How to calculate the RMS speed of plasma?

I know the RMS (root mean square) speed of gas is calculated with $v = \sqrt{\frac{3RT}M}$, and plasma is very similar to gas, so is there a difference? If so, how do you calculate it?
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### Can a compressible fluid flowing , change its speed in the absence of a pressure gradient?

I've heard that in a high velocity nozzle, any random 'fluid particle' experiences an increase in kinetic energy at the cost of internal energy and pressure energy.And I do understand that for any ...
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### anistropic or asymetric particles distribution

As a preamble, I have several questions and I know that is preferable to ask one question per post, but they are really linked together. This is why I chose to ask them together. I am considering a ...
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### Temperature anisotropy in plasmas

If a species of a plasma is described by a distribution function $f(\mathbf{r},\mathbf{v},t)$, is it possible to have different temperature (thermal energy) values for different directions (x, y and z)...
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### Jeans equation for a spherical equilibrium

I am currently studying the Jeans equation for a system in spherical equilibrium. Since the distribution function $f(x,v)$ can be written in depency of energy and angular momentum $f(E, L)$ it seems ...
### Do plasmas really not experience a $\nabla \vec B$ drift even though the individual particles do?
I'm currently working through Chen's Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, and I just got to the chapter on the fluid theory of plasmas. Chen claims that the $\nabla\vec B$ drift does ...