A Novel Method to Construct Stationary Solutions of the Vlasov Maxwell system
Plasma Physics
2009-11-13 v1 Astrophysics
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.
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@article{arxiv.0803.3843,
title = {A Novel Method to Construct Stationary Solutions of the Vlasov Maxwell system},
author = {Akihiro Suzuki and Toshikazu Shigeyama},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3843},
year = {2009}
}
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14 pages, 2 figures. to appear in Phys. Plasmas