Quasineutral limit of the vlasov-poisson system with massless electrons

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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 behavior 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. We then study the combined quasineutral and strong magnetic field regime for such plasmas.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1385-1425
Number of pages41
JournalCommunications in Partial Differential Equations
Volume36
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2011

Keywords

  • Isothermal euler
  • Massless electrons
  • Quasineutral limit
  • Relative entropy
  • Shallow-water equations
  • Strong magnetic field regime
  • Vlasov-poisson system

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