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dc.contributor.authorStark, C. R.
dc.contributor.authorNeukirch, T.
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-24T11:31:03Z
dc.date.available2012-09-24T11:31:03Z
dc.date.issued2012-01
dc.identifier.citationStark , C R & Neukirch , T 2012 , ' Collisionless distribution function for the relativistic force-free Harris sheet ' , Physics of Plasmas , vol. 19 , no. 1 , 012115 . https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3677268en
dc.identifier.issn1070-664X
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 21754990
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: ca7aba15-ebc9-42a3-8332-6ffc5686ccd9
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000300957400018
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84859179067
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-7597-4980/work/34032289
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/3154
dc.description.abstractA self-consistent collisionless distribution function for the relativistic analogue of the force-free Harris sheet is presented. This distribution function is the relativistic generalization of the distribution function for the non-relativistic collisionless force-free Harris sheet recently found by Harrison and Neukirch [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 135003 (2009)], as it has the same dependence on the particle energy and canonical momenta. We present a detailed calculation which shows that the proposed distribution function generates the required current density profile (and thus magnetic field profile) in a frame of reference in which the electric potential vanishes identically. The connection between the parameters of the distribution function and the macroscopic parameters such as the current sheet thickness is discussed. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3677268]
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPhysics of Plasmasen
dc.rightsCopyright (2012) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The published article may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3677268en
dc.subjectPlasma confinementen
dc.subjectPlasma kinetic theoryen
dc.subjectPlasma simulationen
dc.subjectPlasma thermodynamicsen
dc.subjectRelativistic plasmasen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleCollisionless distribution function for the relativistic force-free Harris sheeten
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorThe Leverhulme Trusten
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dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Applied Mathematicsen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1063/1.3677268
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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