The European Physical Journal D (EPJ D)

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Theory and applications of the Vlasov equation

Francesco Pegoraro, Francesco Califano, Giovanni Manfredi and Philip J. Morrison

Eur. Phys. J. D, 69 3 (2015) 68

Published online: 10 March 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60082-y

Energy-conserving numerical simulations of electron holes in two-species plasmas

Yingda Cheng, Andrew J. Christlieb and Xinghui Zhong

Eur. Phys. J. D, 69 3 (2015) 67

Published online: 10 March 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-50226-6

3D-full wave and kinetics numerical modelling of electron cyclotron resonance ion sources plasma: steps towards self-consistency

David Mascali, Giuseppe Torrisi, Lorenzo Neri, Gino Sorbello, Giuseppe Castro, Luigi Celona and Santo Gammino

Eur. Phys. J. D, 69 1 (2015) 27

Published online: 22 January 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50168-5

On the contribution of exchange interactions to the Vlasov equation

Jens Zamanian, Mattias Marklund and Gert Brodin

Eur. Phys. J. D, 69 1 (2015) 25

Published online: 21 January 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50158-7

Gyroaverage operator for a polar mesh

Christophe Steiner, Michel Mehrenberger, Nicolas Crouseilles, Virginie Grandgirard, Guillaume Latu and Fabien Rozar

Eur. Phys. J. D, 69 1 (2015) 18

Published online: 16 January 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50211-7

Bicoherence analysis of streamer dynamics induced by trapped ion modes

Francesco Palermo, Xavier Garbet and Alain Ghizzo

Eur. Phys. J. D, 69 1 (2015) 8

Published online: 08 January 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50240-2

Maxwell-Vlasov equations for laboratory plasmas: conservation laws and approximation schemes

Giorgio Turchetti, Stefano Sinigardi and Pasquale Londrillo

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 12 (2014) 374

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50228-x

Hamiltonian models for resonant wave-particle interaction processes in magnetized and inhomogeneous plasmas

Catherine Krafft and Alexander Volokitin

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 12 (2014) 370

Published online: 11 December 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50195-2

Instability conditions for some periodic BGK waves in the Vlasov-Poisson system

Stephen Pankavich and Robert Allen

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 12 (2014) 363

Published online: 02 December 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50170-y

Nuclear collective dynamics within Vlasov approach

Virgil Baran, Maria Colonna, Massimo Di Toro, Bogdan Frecus, Andreea Croitoru and Daniel Dumitru

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 12 (2014) 356

Published online: 01 December 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50171-x

Improving conservation properties of a 5D gyrokinetic semi-Lagrangian code

Guillaume Latu, Virginie Grandgirard, Jérémie Abiteboul, Nicolas Crouseilles, Guilhem Dif-Pradalier, Xavier Garbet, Philippe Ghendrih, Michel Mehrenberger, Yanick Sarazin and Eric Sonnendrücker

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 11 (2014) 345

Published online: 17 November 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50209-1

General linear response formula for non integrable systems obeying the Vlasov equation

Aurelio Patelli and Stefano Ruffo

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 11 (2014) 329

Published online: 03 November 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50215-3

Phase space structures in gyrokinetic simulations of fusion plasma turbulence

Philippe Ghendrih, Claudia Norscini, Thomas Cartier-Michaud, Guilhem Dif-Pradalier, Jérémie Abiteboul, Yue Dong, Xavier Garbet, Ozgür Gürcan, Pascale Hennequin, Virginie Grandgirard et al. (5 more)

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 10 (2014) 303

Published online: 21 October 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50210-8

Irreversible energy flow in forced Vlasov dynamics

Gabriel G. Plunk and Joseph T. Parker

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 10 (2014) 296

Published online: 14 October 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50157-8

Simulations of kinetic electrostatic electron nonlinear (KEEN) waves with variable velocity resolution grids and high-order time-splitting

Bedros Afeyan, Fernando Casas, Nicolas Crouseilles, Adila Dodhy, Erwan Faou, Michel Mehrenberger and Eric Sonnendrücker

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 10 (2014) 295

Published online: 14 October 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50212-6

A gyro-kinetic model for trapped electron and ion modes

Thomas Drouot, Etienne Gravier, Thierry Reveille, Alain Ghizzo, Pierre Bertrand, Xavier Garbet, Yanick Sarazin and Thomas Cartier-Michaud

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 10 (2014) 280

Published online: 01 October 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50151-2

Numerical study of a dust-contaminated electron plasma

Giancarlo Maero, Massimiliano Romé, Fabio Lepreti and Marco Cavenago

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 10 (2014) 277

Published online: 01 October 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50183-6

Nonlinear nature of kinetic undamped waves induced by electrostatic turbulence in stimulated Raman backscattering

Alain Ghizzo and Daniele Del Sarto

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 10 (2014) 275

Published online: 01 October 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50116-5

Vlasov’s kinetic theory of the collective charged particle beam transport through a magnetized plasma in the strongly nonlocal regime

Renato Fedele, Abdul Mannan, Sergio De Nicola, Dusan Jovanović and Tahmina Akhter

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 9 (2014) 271

Published online: 25 September 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50220-6

Vlasov simulation of ion acceleration by an intense laser beam normally incident on a thin target

Magdi M. Shoucri, Jean-Pierre Matte and François Vidal

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 9 (2014) 257

Published online: 24 September 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50143-2

A new fully two-dimensional conservative semi-Lagrangian method: applications on polar grids, from diocotron instability to ITG turbulence

Nicolas Crouseilles, Pierre Glanc, Sever A. Hirstoaga, Eric Madaule, Michel Mehrenberger and Jérôme Pétri

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 9 (2014) 252

Published online: 18 September 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50180-9

Photoelectron distribution function over the illuminated part of the Moon

Sergey I. Popel, Anatoly Golub’ and Lev Zelenyi

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 9 (2014) 245

Published online: 11 September 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50214-4

On nonlinear dynamics of a sheet electron beam

Helen Ye Barminova

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 8 (2014) 221

Published online: 12 August 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50167-6

A Multi Water Bag model of drift kinetic electron plasma

Pierre Morel, Florent Dreydemy Ghiro, Vincent Berionni, David Coulette, Nicolas Besse and Özgür D. Gürcan

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 8 (2014) 220

Published online: 12 August 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50165-8

Vlasov-kinetic computer simulations of electrostatic waves in dusty plasmas: an overview of recent results

Seyyed Mehdi Hosseini Jenab and Ioannis Kourakis

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 8 (2014) 219

Published online: 12 August 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50177-4

Vlasov equation and N-body dynamics - How central is particle dynamics to our understanding of plasmas?

Yves Elskens, Dominique F. Escande and Fabrice Doveil

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 8 (2014) 218

Published online: 12 August 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50164-9

Transverse evolution of a long relativistic electron beam governed by the Vlasov-Poisson-type pair of equations within the plasma wake field dynamics in the local regime

Renato Fedele, Tahmina Akhter, Dušan Jovanović, Sergio De Nicola and Abdul Mannan

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 7 (2014) 210

Published online: 29 July 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50219-y

Analysis of intermittent heating in a multi-component turbulent plasma

Denise Perrone, Francesco Valentini, Sergio Servidio, Serena Dalena and Pierluigi Veltri

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 7 (2014) 209

Published online: 29 July 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50152-1

Relativistic Vlasov code development for high energy density plasmas

Sizhong Wu, Hua Zhang, Cangtao Zhou, Shaoping Zhu and Xiantu He

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 7 (2014) 208

Published online: 29 July 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50161-0

Fluid simulations of ion scale plasmas with weakly distorted magnetic fields - FLR-Landau fluid simulations

Thierry Passot, Pierre Henri, Dimitri Laveder and Pierre-Louis Sulem

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 7 (2014) 207

Published online: 29 July 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50160-1

Non-classical plasma sheaths: space-charge-limited and inverse regimes under strong emission from surfaces

Francesco Taccogna

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 7 (2014) 199

Published online: 24 July 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50132-5

Low temperature high current ion beams and laminar flows

Marco Cavenago

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 7 (2014) 198

Published online: 24 July 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50133-4

A strategy to suppress recurrence in grid-based Vlasov solvers

Lukas Einkemmer and Alexander Ostermann

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 7 (2014) 197

Published online: 24 July 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50058-x

Hamiltonian structure of a drift-kinetic model and Hamiltonian closures for its two-moment fluid reductions

Emanuele Tassi

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 7 (2014) 196

Published online: 24 July 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50146-y

Phase space dynamics after the breaking of a relativistic Langmuir wave in a thermal plasma

Anna Grassi, Luca Fedeli, Andrea Macchi, Sergei V. Bulanov and Francesco Pegoraro

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 6 (2014) 178

Published online: 27 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50153-0

Maxwell solvers for the simulations of the laser-matter interaction

Rachel Nuter, Mickael Grech, Pedro Gonzalez de Alaiza Martinez, Guy Bonnaud and Emmanuel d’Humières

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 6 (2014) 177

Published online: 27 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50162-y

Semiclassical Vlasov and fluid models for an electron gas with spin effects

Jérôme Hurst, Omar Morandi, Giovanni Manfredi and Paul-Antoine Hervieux

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 6 (2014) 176

Published online: 27 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50205-5

Tokamak-like Vlasov equilibria

Henri Tasso and George Throumoulopoulos

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 6 (2014) 175

Published online: 27 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50007-9

Axion-induced oscillations of cooperative electric field in a cosmic magneto-active plasma

Alexander B. Balakin, Ruslan K. Muharlyamov and Alexei E. Zayats

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 6 (2014) 159

Published online: 23 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50131-6

Kinetic ion-acoustic solitary waves in collisional plasmas

Oreste Pezzi, Francesco Valentini and Pierluigi Veltri

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 5 (2014) 128

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50121-8

Vlasov equation for photons and quasi-particles in a plasma

Jose Tito Mendonça

Eur. Phys. J. D, 68 4 (2014) 79

Published online: 15 April 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50035-5

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Topical issue: Theory and Applications of the Vlasov Equation. Guest editors: Francesco Pegoraro, Francesco Califano, Giovanni Manfredi and Philip J. Morrison

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