Relativistic kinetic theory of magnetoplasmas

Details Relativistic kinetic theory of magnetoplasmas Relativistic kinetic theory of magnetoplasmas

2004-07-02

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0407015v1

AIP Conf.Proc.762:1283,2005

Physics

Plasma Physics

6 pages, 1 figure. Contributed to the Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, July 10-16, 20

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1941710

Recently, an increasing interest in astrophysical as well as laboratory plasmas has been manifested in reference to the existence of relativistic flows, related in turn to the production of intense electric fields in magnetized systems. Such phenomena require their description in the framework of a consistent relativistic kinetic theory, rather than on relativistic MHD equations, subject to specific closure conditions. The purpose of this work is to apply the relativistic single-particle guiding-center theory developed by Beklemishev and Tessarotto, including the nonlinear treatment of small-wavelength EM perturbations which may naturally arise in such systems. As a result, a closed set of relativistic gyrokinetic equations, consisting of the collisionless relativistic kinetic equation, expressed in hybrid gyrokinetic variables, and the averaged Maxwell's equations, is derived for an arbitrary four-dimensional coordinate system.

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