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carmeloevoli committed Apr 11, 2024
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% !TEX root = ../main.tex
% !TEX root = ../lectures.tex
\section{The Advection-Diffusion Equation}

Consider a beam of particles exhibiting a range of pitch angles. We aim to understand the evolution of this beam due to resonance effect introduced before.
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Integrating equation~\eqref{eq:detbalexp} over \(d\Delta\mu\) and using the general property in equation~\eqref{eq:normpsi}:
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\begin{equation}
-\frac{\partial}{\partial \mu} \left( \int d\Delta\mu \Psi \Delta\mu \right) + \frac{1}{2}\frac{\partial^2}{\partial\mu^2}\left( \int d\Delta\mu \Delta\mu^2 \Psi \right) = 0
-\frac{\partial}{\partial \mu} \left( \int d\Delta\mu \Psi \Delta\mu \right) + \frac{1}{2}\frac{\partial^2}{\partial\mu^2}\left( \int d\Delta\mu \Delta\mu^2 \Psi \right) = \cancelto{1}{\int d\Delta\mu \Psi(\mu, -\Delta\mu )} - \cancelto{1}{\int d\Delta\mu \Psi(\mu,\Delta\mu)} = 0
\end{equation}
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we recognize that we can write as:
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\frac{\partial}{\partial\mu}\left[ \mathcal A-\frac{1}{2}\frac{\partial \mathcal B}{\partial \mu}\right] = 0
\end{equation}

It implies that the quantity \( \mathcal A - \frac{1}{2} \frac{\partial \mathcal B}{\partial \mu} \) must be a constant with respect to \( \mu \).
It implies that the quantity \( \mathcal A - \frac{1}{2} \frac{\partial \mathcal B}{\partial \mu} \) must be a \emph{constant} with respect to \( \mu \).

We compute explicitly the derivative of \( \mathcal B \) with respect to \( \mu \) as
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\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial B}{\partial \mu} = \frac{\partial}{\partial\mu} \int d\Delta\mu \Delta\mu\Delta\mu \Psi(\mu, \Delta\mu)
= \int d\Delta\mu \Delta\mu\Delta\mu \frac{\partial}{\partial\mu} \Psi(\mu, \Delta\mu)
\end{equation}

By invoking the principle of detailed balance again, we obtain:
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