Moments of the Velocity Change of a Charged Particle in a Magnetoplasma

Abstract

The moments of the velocity change, ⟨Δv⟩⁄Δt, ⟨ΔvΔv⟩⁄Δt, ···, of a particle in a magnetoplasma are calculated in the wave theory, Here Δv is the change in velocity of the particle during a small time interval Δt and ⟨ ⟩ means an average over all the interactions between the particle and the other plasma particles. With use of these moments a kinetic equation for a magnetoplasma is derived.