Fokker-Planck and Quasilinear Codes

Abstract

The interaction of radio-frequency waves with a plasma is described by a Fokker-Planck equation with an added quasilinear term. Methods for solving this equation on a computer are discussed.

LaTeX 2.09, 52 pages, 13 figures. Presented at 3rd European Workshop on Problems in the Numerical Modeling of Plasmas, Varenna, Italy, September 10-13 (1985). Reprinted in "Problems in the Numerical Modeling of Plasmas", edited by K. Appert (1986)

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