Question

In a fully ionized plasma, this phenomenon is proportional to ion velocity times the square of the Larmor radius, which produces a one-half-power dependence on electron temperature. The KPP equation is a one-dimensional form of a system in which this phenomenon is represented by a diagonal matrix multiplying a Laplacian term that is paired with a local reaction term. A term representing this phenomenon is added to an advective flux term in an equation named for drift and this phenomenon. This phenomenon’s coefficient is proportional to temperature and mobility, (10[1])as identified by Einstein. (10[1])The flux of this phenomenon is proportional (-5[1])to a concentration gradient by Fick’s laws. For 10 points, (10[1])name this phenomenon (10[1])in which particles move from high to low concentrations. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: diffusion [accept diffusivity or diffusive flux; accept reaction–diffusion system; accept convection–diffusion equation or drift–diffusion equation]
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