A novel method to construct stationary solutions of the Vlasov-Maxwell system
Abstract
A novel method to derive stationary solutions of the Vlasov-Maxwell system is established. This method is based on the assumption that the deviation of the velocity distribution from the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution can be expanded by the Hermite polynomials. By applying our method, a new two-dimensional equilibrium is derived, which may provide an initial setup for investigations of three-dimensional collisionless reconnection of magnetic fields.
- Publication:
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Physics of Plasmas
- Pub Date:
- April 2008
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0803.3843
- Bibcode:
- 2008PhPl...15d2107S
- Keywords:
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- 52.30.Cv;
- 52.55.-s;
- 52.65.Ff;
- Magnetohydrodynamics;
- Magnetic confinement and equilibrium;
- Fokker-Planck and Vlasov equation;
- Physics - Plasma Physics;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 14 pages, 2 figures. to appear in Phys. Plasmas