ISSN:
1090-6487
Keywords:
52.25.Wz
;
52.30.−q
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract An analytical solution of the Vlasov equation for the electrons and the hydrodynamic equations for the ions in a self-consistent electric field is constructed in the quasineutral approximation. This solution is valid for a finite electron-to-ion mass ratio. It permits describing the expansion into vacuum of a collisionless plasma with cold ions and arbitrary initial electron velocity distribution, forming a plasmoid that is bounded and, in the general case, spherically asymmetric in space.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/1.567728
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