Coarse-grained collisionless dynamics with long-range interactions

We present an effective evolution equation for a coarse-grained distribution function of a long-range-interacting system preserving the symplectic structure of the noncollisional Boltzmann, or Vlasov, equation. First, we derive a general form of such an equation based on symmetry considerations only...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guido Giachetti, Alessandro Santini, Lapo Casetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-06-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023379