Metriplectic bracket for guiding-center Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau theory

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author Brizard, A. J.
Sugama, H.
author_facet Brizard, A. J.
Sugama, H.
contents The metriplectic formulation of collisional guiding-center Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau theory is presented. The guiding-center Landau collision operator, which describes collisions involving test-particle and field-particle guiding-center orbits, is represented in terms of a symmetric dissipative bracket involving functional derivatives of the guiding-center Vlasov phase-space density $F_{\rm gc}$ and the electromagnetic fields $({\bf D}_{\rm gc},{\bf B})$, where the guiding-center displacement vector ${\bf D}_{\rm gc} \equiv {\bf E} + 4π\,{\sf P}_{\rm gc}$ is expressed in terms of the electric field ${\bf E}$ and the guiding-center polarization ${\sf P}_{\rm gc}$. This dissipative Landau bracket conserves guiding-center energy-momentum and angular momentum, as well as satisfying a guiding-center H-theorem.
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spellingShingle Metriplectic bracket for guiding-center Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau theory
Brizard, A. J.
Sugama, H.
Plasma Physics
The metriplectic formulation of collisional guiding-center Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau theory is presented. The guiding-center Landau collision operator, which describes collisions involving test-particle and field-particle guiding-center orbits, is represented in terms of a symmetric dissipative bracket involving functional derivatives of the guiding-center Vlasov phase-space density $F_{\rm gc}$ and the electromagnetic fields $({\bf D}_{\rm gc},{\bf B})$, where the guiding-center displacement vector ${\bf D}_{\rm gc} \equiv {\bf E} + 4π\,{\sf P}_{\rm gc}$ is expressed in terms of the electric field ${\bf E}$ and the guiding-center polarization ${\sf P}_{\rm gc}$. This dissipative Landau bracket conserves guiding-center energy-momentum and angular momentum, as well as satisfying a guiding-center H-theorem.
title Metriplectic bracket for guiding-center Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau theory
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22289