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Long-Wavelength Limit of the Two-Fluid Euler-Poisson System

Plasma Physics 2024-10-01 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

Plasma is a medium filled with free electrons and positive ions. Each particle acts as a conducting fluid with a single velocity and temperature when electromagnetic fields are present. This distinction between the roles played by electrons and ions is what we refer to as the two-fluid description of plasma. In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of these particles in both hot and cold plasma using a collisionless ''Euler-Poisson'' system. Employing analytical and computational techniques from differential equations, we show this system is governed by the dynamics of the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation in the long-wavelength limit.

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@article{arxiv.2409.20444,
  title  = {Long-Wavelength Limit of the Two-Fluid Euler-Poisson System},
  author = {Emily Kelting and J. Douglas Wright},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.20444},
  year   = {2024}
}

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33 pages, 1 figure