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Kinetic Theory of Plasma Waves - Part I: Introduction
Volume 53 · Number 2T · February 2008 · Pages 85-90
Technical Paper · Kinetic Theory
P. U. Lamalle
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The kinetic description of linear waves in plasmas is succinctly presented, with emphasis on applications to high-frequency (hf) wave heating and current drive. The Maxwell-Vlasov system of equations is introduced. Its two-timescale analysis yields the linearized Vlasov and the quasilinear Fokker-Planck equations. The standard guiding centre and Hamiltonian formalisms are presented. Two formulations of the hf plasma wave equation are given: as a partial differential equation to hold at each position, and as a global Galerkin ('variational') form.
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