Abstract
Kinetic eigenmodes of plasma oscillations in a weakly collisional plasma, described by a collision operator of the Fokker-Planck type, are obtained in closed form for initial-value as well as for boundary-value problems. These eigenmodes, which are smooth and compose a complete discrete spectrum, play the same role for weakly collisional plasmas as the Case–Van Kampen modes do for collisionless plasmas.
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)