Variational formulation of the Vlasov equation

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Autor(a) principal: Providência, João da
Data de Publicação: 1987
Outros Autores: Fiolhais, Carlos
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/40854
https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/20/12/034
Resumo: A new variational framework for the Liouville equation is presented. The Vlasov equation is obtained from the complete factorisation of the trial distribution function, while the linearised Vlasov equation arises from the additional assumption of small oscillations around an equilibrium state. It is stressed that the definition of this state does not necessarily require minimisation of the free energy. The classical energy-weighted sum rule is derived.
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spelling Variational formulation of the Vlasov equationVlasov equationA new variational framework for the Liouville equation is presented. The Vlasov equation is obtained from the complete factorisation of the trial distribution function, while the linearised Vlasov equation arises from the additional assumption of small oscillations around an equilibrium state. It is stressed that the definition of this state does not necessarily require minimisation of the free energy. The classical energy-weighted sum rule is derived.Institute of Physics1987info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/40854http://hdl.handle.net/10316/40854https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/20/12/034engPROVIDÊNCIA, João da ; FIOLHAIS, Carlos – Variational formulation of the Vlasov equation. Journal of Physics. A : Mathematical and Theoretical. Bristol : Institute of Physics. ISSN 1751-8113. Vol. 20 (1987), p. 3877-3886.1751-8113Providência, João daFiolhais, Carlosinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2020-05-29T09:42:13Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/40854Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:59:58.288215Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Variational formulation of the Vlasov equation
title Variational formulation of the Vlasov equation
spellingShingle Variational formulation of the Vlasov equation
Providência, João da
Vlasov equation
title_short Variational formulation of the Vlasov equation
title_full Variational formulation of the Vlasov equation
title_fullStr Variational formulation of the Vlasov equation
title_full_unstemmed Variational formulation of the Vlasov equation
title_sort Variational formulation of the Vlasov equation
author Providência, João da
author_facet Providência, João da
Fiolhais, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Fiolhais, Carlos
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Fiolhais, Carlos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Vlasov equation
topic Vlasov equation
description A new variational framework for the Liouville equation is presented. The Vlasov equation is obtained from the complete factorisation of the trial distribution function, while the linearised Vlasov equation arises from the additional assumption of small oscillations around an equilibrium state. It is stressed that the definition of this state does not necessarily require minimisation of the free energy. The classical energy-weighted sum rule is derived.
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