Burton, D. A. and Noble, A. and Wen, H. (2009) Discontinuous distributions in thermal plasmas. Il nuovo cimento C, 32 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
We develop a new method for describing the dynamics of 3-dimensional thermal plasmas. Using a piecewise constant 1-particle distribution, we reduce the Vlasov equation to a generalized Lorentz force equation for a family of vector fields encoding the discontinuity. By applying this equation to longitudinal electrostatic plasma oscillations, and coupling it to Maxwell’s equations, we obtain a limit on the magnitude of the electric field in relativistic thermal plasma oscillations. We derive an upper bound on the limit and discuss its applicability in a background magnetic field.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Fokker-Planck and Vlasov equation ; Electrostatic waves and oscillations (e.g., ion-acoustic waves) |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2020 15:51 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Mar 2020 15:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16438 |
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