5. Kinetic Simulation of Micro Plasmas

Kinetic Theory of Plasmas

Gyrokinetic simulation model for kinetic magnetohydrodynamic processes in magnetized plasmas

A nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation model incorporating equilibrium current has been formulated for studying kinetic magnetohydrodynamic processes in magnetized plasmas. This complete formulation enables gyrokinetic simulation of both pressure-gradient-driven and current-driven instabilities as well as their nonlinear interactions in multiscale simulations. The gyrokinetic simulation model recov...

Kinetic theory for quantum plasmas

Quantum plasmas have been studied theoretically for more than four decades. Important early applications include the electron gas in metals and the electron-hole plasma in semiconductors and dimensionally reduced nanostructures. Experiments with lasers and ion beams are now making dense quantum plasmas of electrons and (classical) ions accessible in the laboratory giving rise to increased theor...

Neutral Vlasov kinetic theory of magnetized plasmas

The low-frequency limit of Maxwell equations is considered in the Maxwell-Vlasov system. This limit produces a neutral Vlasov system that captures essential features of plasma dynamics, while neglecting radiation effects. Euler-Poincaré reduction theory is used to show that the neutral Vlasov kinetic theory possesses a variational formulation in both Lagrangian and Eulerian coordinates. By cons...

Kinetic Theory of Plasmas: Translational Energy

In the present contribution, we derive from kinetic theory a unified fluid model for multicomponent plasmas by accounting for the electromagnetic field influence. We deal with a possible thermal nonequilibrium of the translational energy of the particles, neglecting their internal energy and the reactive collisions. Given the strong disparity of mass between the electrons and heavy particles, s...