Landau kinetic equation

The Landau kinetic equation is a transport equation of weakly coupled charged particles performing Coulomb collisions in a plasma.

The equation was derived by Lev Landau in 1936 as an alternative to the Boltzmann equation in the case of Coulomb interaction. When used with the Vlasov equation, the equation yields the time evolution for collisional plasma, hence it is considered a staple kinetic model in the theory of collisional plasma.

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