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Linear instability of Vlasov-Maxwell systems revisited-A Hamiltonian approach

Analysis of PDEs 2021-07-28 v1 Plasma Physics

Abstract

We consider linear stability of steady states of 1(1/2) and 3D Vlasov-Maxwell systems for collisionless plasmas. The linearized systems can be written as separable Hamiltonian systems with constraints. By using a general theory for separable Hamiltonian systems, we recover the sharp linear stability criteria obtained previously by different approaches. Moreover, we obtain the exponential trichotomy estimates for the linearized Vlasov-Maxwell systems in both relativistic and nonrelativistic cases.

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@article{arxiv.2107.12441,
  title  = {Linear instability of Vlasov-Maxwell systems revisited-A Hamiltonian approach},
  author = {Zhiwu Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.12441},
  year   = {2021}
}