Unified Theory of Relaxations in Plasmas. V. Formulation from Liouville Equation

Abstract

From the Liouville equation a kinetic equation is derived which is exact in the sense that exact numerical factors can be given in the arguments of the Coulomb logarithms. The kinetic equation is written in the form of the connection formula obtained in Part I or Part III. The connection formula is generalized so as to make it possible to treat rapidly varying or inhomogeneous plasmas in external fields.