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Quasineutral limit of the Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons

Analysis of PDEs 2010-11-30 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In this paper, we study the quasineutral limit (in other words the limit when the Debye length tends to zero) of Vlasov-Poisson like equations describing the behaviour of ions in a plasma. We consider massless electrons, with a charge density following a Maxwell-Boltzmann law. For cold ions, using the relative entropy method, we derive the classical Isothermal Euler or the (inviscid) Shallow Water systems from fluid mechanics. In a second time, we study the combined quasineutral and strong magnetic field regime for such plasmas.

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@article{arxiv.1004.0932,
  title  = {Quasineutral limit of the Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons},
  author = {Daniel Han-Kwan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.0932},
  year   = {2010}
}

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