Properties and evolution of anisotropic structures in collisionless plasmas
Abstract
A new class of exact electrostatic solutions of the Vlasov-Maxwell equations based on the Jeans's theorem is proposed for studying the evolution and properties of two-dimensional anisotropic plasmas that are far from thermodynamic equilibrium. In particular, the free expansion of a slab of electron-ion plasma into vacuum is investigated.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 2016
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1608.06202
- Bibcode:
- 2016JPlPh..82e9002K
- Keywords:
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- plasma expansion;
- plasma flows;
- plasma nonlinear phenomena;
- Physics - Plasma Physics;
- Physics - Classical Physics
- E-Print:
- 13 pages, 1 figure