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Linear Stability Analysis of the Relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell System in an Axisymmetric Domain

Analysis of PDEs 2019-10-15 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider the plasma confined in a general axisymmetric spatial domain with perfect conducting boundary which reflects particles specularly, and look at a certain class of equilibria, assuming axisymmetry in the problem. We prove a sharp criterion of spectral stability under these settings. Moreover, we provide several explicit families of stable/unstable equilibria using this criterion.

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@article{arxiv.1808.02598,
  title  = {Linear Stability Analysis of the Relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell System in an Axisymmetric Domain},
  author = {Katherine Zhiyuan Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.02598},
  year   = {2019}
}