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dc.contributor.authorAllanson, Oliver Douglas
dc.contributor.authorNeukirch, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorTroscheit, Sascha
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Fiona
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-15T15:30:04Z
dc.date.available2016-06-15T15:30:04Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.identifier.citationAllanson , O D , Neukirch , T , Troscheit , S & Wilson , F 2016 , ' From one-dimensional fields to Vlasov equilibria : theory and application of Hermite Polynomials ' , Journal of Plasma Physics , vol. 82 , no. 3 , 905820306 , pp. 1-28 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377816000519en
dc.identifier.issn0022-3778
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 242019144
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dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84983247265
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-7597-4980/work/34032275
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000381103200020
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/8992
dc.descriptionFunding: Leverhulme Trust [F/00268/BB] (T.N. F.W.); UK Science and Technology Facilities Council Consolidated Grant [ST/K000950/1] (T.N., F.W.); UK Science and Technology Facilities Council Doctoral Training Grant [ST/K502327/1] (O.A.); UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Doctoral Training Grant [EP/K503162/1] (S.T.); European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7 grant agreement SHOCK [284515] (O.A., T.N.,F.W.).en
dc.description.abstractWe consider the theory and application of a solution method for the inverse problem in collisionless equilibria, namely that of calculating a Vlasov–Maxwell equilibrium for a given macroscopic (fluid) equilibrium. Using Jeans’ theorem, the equilibrium distribution functions are expressed as functions of the constants of motion, in the form of a Maxwellian multiplied by an unknown function of the canonical momenta. In this case it is possible to reduce the inverse problem to inverting Weierstrass transforms, which we achieve by using expansions over Hermite polynomials. A sufficient condition on the pressure tensor is found which guarantees the convergence and the boundedness of the candidate solution, when satisfied. This condition is obtained by elementary means, and it is clear how to put it into practice. We also argue that for a given pressure tensor for which our method applies, there always exists a positive distribution function solution for a sufficiently magnetised plasma. Illustrative examples of the use of this method with both force-free and non-force-free macroscopic equilibria are presented, including the full verification of a recently derived distribution function for the force-free Harris sheet (Allanson et al., Phys. Plasmas, vol. 22 (10), 2015, 102116). In the effort to model equilibria with lower values of the plasma β, solutions for the same macroscopic equilibrium in a new gauge are calculated, with numerical results presented for βpl = 0.05.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Plasma Physicsen
dc.rights© Cambridge University Press 2016 This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.subjectQA Mathematicsen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subjectR2Cen
dc.subject.lccQAen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleFrom one-dimensional fields to Vlasov equilibria : theory and application of Hermite Polynomialsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorThe Leverhulme Trusten
dc.contributor.sponsorScience & Technology Facilities Councilen
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Commissionen
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dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Applied Mathematicsen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statisticsen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Pure Mathematicsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377816000519
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.grantnumberST/K000950/1en
dc.identifier.grantnumber284515en


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