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A NOTE ON ENERGY BALANCE AND ELECTRON RUNAWAY IN A UNIFORM FULLY IONIZED PLASMA
Auther : M.F.K ABUR-ROBB
Department of Mathematics, University of Kuwait
Abstract.
The problem of temperature relaxation in uniform fully ionized plasma is generalized to include the effects of a static electric field. An energy equation is derived from which we get an equation for the approach to a temperature-balance. It is deduced that the electrons runaway (energy increasing without limit) when the electron temperature is greater than three halves of the ion temperature. A general criterion is also deduced.