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While a fully relativistic collisionless plasma is modeled by the Vlasov-Maxwell system a good approximation in the non-relativistic limit is given by the Vlasov-Poisson system. We modify the Vlasov-Poisson system so that damping due to the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-21 Sebastian Bauer

An important physical model describing the dynamics of dilute weakly ionized plasmas in the collisional kinetic theory is the Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system for which the plasma responds strongly to the self-consistent electrostatic force.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-03-20 Renjun Duan , Tong Yang , Huijiang Zhao

We study the finite Larmor radius regime for the Vlasov-Poisson system. The magnetic field is assumed to be uniform. We investigate this non linear problem in the two dimensional setting. We derive the limit model by appealing to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-11-03 Mihaï Bostan , Aurélie Finot , Maxime Hauray

An asymptotic preserving and energy stable scheme for the Euler-Poisson system under the quasineutral scaling is designed and analysed. Correction terms are introduced in the convective fluxes and the electrostatic potential, which lead to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-24 K. R. Arun , Rahuldev Ghorai , Mainak Kar

We present a method for imposing quasineutrality and, more generally, charge density conservation in the Vlasov-Poisson (VP) and Vlasov-Amp\`ere (VA) systems, which describe electrostatic plasma dynamics, by applying the Dirac theory of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 D. A. Kaltsas , J. W. Burby , P. J. Morrison , E. Tassi , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

Following Fr\'enod and Sonnendr\"ucker, we consider the finite Larmor radius regime for a plasma submitted to a large magnetic field and take into account both the quasineutrality and the local thermodynamic equilibrium of the electrons. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-02-10 Daniel Han-Kwan

This work is concerned with the quasineutral limit of the one-dimensional Vlasov-Poisson equation, for initial data close to stationary homogeneous profiles. Our objective is threefold: first, we provide a proof of the fact that the formal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-18 Daniel Han-Kwan , Maxime Hauray

This paper is concerned with the kinetic treatment of quasi-stationary axisymmetric collisionless accretion disc plasmas. The conditions of validity of the kinetic description for non-relativistic magnetized and gravitationally-bound…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-29 Claudio Cremaschini , Massimo Tessarotto

A collisionless plasma is modeled by the Vlasov-Poisson system in one-dimension. A fixed background of positive charge, dependent only upon velocity, is assumed and the situation in which the mobile negative ions balance the positive charge…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-03-01 Stephen Pankavich

We describe kinetic simulations of transient problems in partially ionized weakly-collisional plasma around spherical bodies absorbing or emitting charged particles. Numerical solutions of kinetic equations for electrons and ions in 1D2V…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 V I Kolobov , R R Arslanbekov , H Liang

A collisionless plasma is modeled by the Vlasov-Poisson system in three space dimensions. A fixed background of positive charge - dependant upon only velocity - is assumed. The situation in which mobile negative ions balance the positive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-01-06 Stephen Pankavich

This study extends the Unified Gas-Kinetic Scheme (UGKS) and the Unified Gas-Kinetic Wave-Particle (UGKWP) method for electrostatic plasma modeling, ensuring the correct asymptotic limits with respect to both the Debye length and the mean…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-12-18 Zhigang Pu , Kun Xu

This paper is concerned with the analysis of a mathematical model arising in plasma physics, more specifically in fusion research. It directly follows \cite{DHK1}, where the tri-dimensional analysis of a Vlasov-Poisson equation with finite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-11-30 Daniel Han-Kwan

The weak turbulence model, also known as the quasilinear theory in plasma physics, has been a cornerstone in modeling resonant particle-wave interactions in plasmas. This reduced model stems from the Vlasov-Poisson/Maxwell system under the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-14 Kun Huang , Irene M. Gamba

We explore the possibilities of applying structure-preserving numerical methods to a plasma hybrid model with kinetic ions and mass-less fluid electrons satisfying the quasi-neutrality relation. The numerical schemes are derived by finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Yingzhe Li , Martin Campos Pinto , Florian Holderied , Stefan Possanner , Eric Sonnendrücker

We derive axisymmetric equilibrium equations in the context of the hybrid Vlasov model with kinetic ions and massless fluid electrons, assuming isothermal electrons and deformed Maxwellian distribution functions for the kinetic ions. The…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-06-06 D. A. Kaltsas , A. Kuiroukidis , P. J. Morrison , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

We study the expansion of ultracold neutral plasmas in the regime in which inelastic collisions are negligible. The plasma expands due to the thermal pressure of the electrons, and for an initial spherically symmetric Gaussian density…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Laha , P. Gupta , C. E. Simien , H. Gao , J. Castro , T. Pohl , T. C. Killian

We present a novel numerical scheme for the efficient and accurate solution of the isothermal two-fluid (electron and ion) equations coupled to Poisson's equation for low-temperature plasmas. The model considers electrons and ions as…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Alejandro Alvarez Laguna , Teddy Pichard , Thierry Magin , Pascal Chabert , Anne Bourdon , Marc Massot

New non-linear, spatially periodic, long wavelength electrostatic modes of an electron fluid oscillating against a motionless ion fluid (Langmuir waves) are given, with viscous and resistive effects included. The cold plasma approximation…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-05-28 A. A. Skorupski , E. Infeld

We derive the two dimensional incompressible Euler equation as a quasineutral limit of the Vlasov-Poisson equation using a modulated energy approach. We propose a strategy which enables to treat solutions where the gradient of the velocity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-07 Immanuel Ben Porat , Mikaela Iacobelli , Alexandre Rege