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On the Complex-Valued Distribution Function of Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields

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  • Andrey Saveliev

    (Institute of Physics, Mathematics and Information Technology, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236016 Kaliningrad, Russia
    Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia)

Abstract

In this work, we revisit Boltzmann’s distribution function, which, together with the Boltzmann equation, forms the basis for the kinetic theory of gases and solutions to problems in hydrodynamics. We show that magnetic fields may be included as an intrinsic constituent of the distribution function by theoretically motivating, deriving and analyzing its complex-valued version in its most general form. We then validate these considerations by using it to derive the equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics, thus showing that our method, based on Boltzmann’s formalism, is suitable to describe the dynamics of charged particles in magnetic fields.

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  • Andrey Saveliev, 2021. "On the Complex-Valued Distribution Function of Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(19), pages 1-12, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:9:y:2021:i:19:p:2382-:d:642774
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