Internship and thesis proposals
Balescu--Lenard equation and marginal stability crossing

Domaines
Kinetic theory ; Diffusion ; Long-range interacting systems

Type of internship
Théorique, numérique
Description
Long-range interacting N-body systems (e.g., plasmas or stellar clusters) relax through finite-N effects, as described by the Balescu--Lenard kinetic equation. Yet, this equation diverges when the system approaches an instability. The focus of this internship is to generalise this kinetic equation to appropriately cure this divergence at marginal stability.
Contact
Jean-Baptiste Fouvry
Laboratory : IAP - UMR7095
Team : Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
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