Review of analytical treatments of barrier-type problems in plasma theory

Abstract

We review the analytical methods of solving the stochastic equations for barrier-type dynamical behavior in plasma systems. The path-integral approach is examined as a particularly efficient method of determination of the statistical properties.

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