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Theory of spatially non-symmetric kinetic equilibria for collisionless plasmas

CREMASCHINI, Claudio and Massimo TESSAROTTO

Basic information

Original name

Theory of spatially non-symmetric kinetic equilibria for collisionless plasmas

Name (in English)

Theory of spatially non-symmetric kinetic equilibria for collisionless plasmas

Authors

CREMASCHINI, Claudio and Massimo TESSAROTTO

Edition

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, US - Spojené státy americké, 2013, 1070-664X

Other information

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10300 1.3 Physical sciences

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Organization unit

Institute of physics in Opava

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4773440

UT WoS

000317286200059

Keywords in English

Guiding center motion; Nonlinear gyrokinetic theory; Hamiltonian-formulation

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International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 29/3/2021 09:39, Mgr. Pavlína Jalůvková

Abstract

V originále

The problem posed by the possible existence/non-existence of spatially non-symmetric kinetic equilibria has remained unsolved in plasma theory. For collisionless magnetized plasmas, this involves the construction of stationary solutions of the Vlasov-Maxwell equations. In this paper, the issue is addressed for non-relativistic plasmas both in astrophysical and laboratory contexts. The treatment is based on a Lagrangian variational description of single-particle dynamics. Starting point is a non-perturbative formulation of gyrokinetic theory, which allows one to construct "a posteriori" with prescribed order of accuracy an asymptotic representation for the magnetic moment. In terms of the relevant particle adiabatic invariants generalized bi-Maxwellianequilibria are proved to exist. These are shown to recover, under suitable assumptions, a Chapman-Enskog form which permits an analytical treatment of the corresponding fluid moments. In particular, the constrained posed by the Poisson an
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