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Exact solutions of the collisional Vlasov equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

A. M. EL-HANBALY
Affiliation:
Mansoura University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics Research Group, Mansoura, Egypt
A. ELGARAYHI
Affiliation:
Mansoura University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics Research Group, Mansoura, Egypt

Abstract

The symmetry group of the Vlasov–Fokker–Planck equation (VFPE) is constructed. The effects of the Poisson equation on this group is studied, and different types of similarity solutions of the whole system of equations (VFPE+Poisson equation) are obtained.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1998 Cambridge University Press

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