Collisionless Damping in Plasmas and Neutral Gases
Speaker:
Andrei Smolyakov, University of Saskatchewan
Date and Time:
Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 11:30am to 12:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
Damping of sound in highly rarefied neutral gases exhibits many features similar to the collisionless damping of the electrostatic longitudinal oscillations in plasmas (Landau damping). We discuss various continuum (fluid -like) models that can be used to describe both types of damping.
