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Pfirsch, D.; Morrison, P.J.
Texas Univ., Austin, TX (USA). Inst. for Fusion Studies1990
Texas Univ., Austin, TX (USA). Inst. for Fusion Studies1990
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[en] A modified Hamilton-Jacobi formalism is introduced as a tool to obtain the energy-momentum and angular-momentum tensors for any king of nonlinear or linearized Maxwell-collisionless kinetic theories. The emphasis is on linearized theories, for which these tensors are derived for the first time. The kinetic theories treated --- which need not be the same for all particle species in a plasma --- are the Vlasov and kinetic guiding center theories. The Hamiltonian for the guiding center motion is taken in the form resulting from Dirac's constraint theory for non-standard Lagrangian systems. As an example of the Maxwell-kinetic guiding center theory, the second-order energy for a perturbed homogeneous magnetized plasma is calculated with initially vanishing field perturbations. The expression obtained is compared with the corresponding one of Maxwell-Vlasov theory. 11 refs
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Feb 1990; 36 p; IFSR--420; CONTRACT FG05-80ET53088; NTIS, PC A03/MF A01 as DE90009336; OSTI; INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep
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