New method of deriving local energy- and momentum-conserving Maxwell-collisionless drift-kinetic and gyrokinetic theories: Basic theory

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 719-755

  Pfirsch, Dieter ^a   Correa Restrepo, Darío ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION;

EULERIAN FORM; KRUSKAL FORMALISM; LAGRANGE FUNCTIONS; MAXWELL-KINETIC THEORIES;

KINETIC THEORY;

EID: 10244261694     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377804002995     Document Type: Article

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