The dynamics of magnetic fields in a highly conducting turbulent medium and the generalized Kolmogorov–Fokker–Planck equations

DOI10.1017/S0022112086000290zbMath0687.76056OpenAlexW2151170851MaRDI QIDQ4206491

L. L. Kichatinov, S. T. Vainshtein

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112086000290

zbMATH Keywords

kinetic equationsLagrange variablesgeneralized Kolmogorov-Fokker-Planck (KFP) equationshighly conducting turbulent medium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Turbulence (76F99) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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