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P: Fachverband Plasmaphysik
P 17: Poster Session II
P 17.13: Poster
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 16:15–18:15, ZHG Foyer 1. OG
Landau Damping for Non-Maxwellian Distribution Functions — •Riccardo Stucchi1,2 and Philipp Lauber1 — 1Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics — 2Technical University of Munich
Landau damping is one of the cornerstones of plasma physics. In the context of the mathematical framework developed by Landau in his original derivation of Landau damping, we examine the solutions of the linear Vlasov-Poisson system for different equilibrium velocity distribution functions, such as the Maxwellian distribution, kappa distributions, and cut-off distributions without and with energy diffusion. Specifically, we focus on the full set of roots that the dispersion relation of the linear Vlasov-Poisson system generally admits, and we wonder if the full structure of solutions might hint at a deeper understanding of the Landau damping phenomenon.