Comment on “Kinetic theory of surface waves in plasma jets” [Phys. Plasmas 9, 701 (2002)]

Comment on “ Wave - Breaking Limits for Relativistic Electrostatic Waves in a One - Dimensional Warm Plasma ” [ Phys . Plasmas 13 , 123102 ( 2006 ) ]

Kinetic Theory of Plasmas

Kinetic Theory of Electrostatic Surface Waves in a Magnetized Plasma Slab

The dispersion relation of electrostatic surface waves propagating in a magnetized plasma slab is derived from Vlasov-Poisson equations under the specular reflection boundary condition. We consider the case that the static magnetic field is parallel to the plasma-vacuum interface and the surface wave propagates obliquely to the magnetic field on the parallel plane. We find that the specular ref...

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...