Analytic solutions to the Vlasov equations for expanding plasmas.
The renormalization-group approach is applied to derive an exact solution to the self-consistent Vlasov kinetic equations for plasma particles in the quasineutral approximation. The solutions obtained describe three-dimensional adiabatic expansion of a plasma bunch with arbitrary initial velocity distributions of the electrons and ions. The solution found is illustrated by the examples on ion acceleration in a plasma with hot electrons and in a plasma with light impurity ions.
Kovalev
V F
VF
Institute for Mathematical Modelling, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 125047, Russia.
Bychenkov
V Yu
VY