Vlasov equation

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Vlasov equation [′vla·sȯf i‚kwā·zhən]

(plasma physics)

A modification of the Boltzmann transport equation for the study of a plasma, in which particles interact only through the mutually induced space-charge field, and collisions are assumed to be negligible. Also known as collisionless Boltzmann equation.

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