A Vlasov-Poisson plasma with unbounded mass and velocities confined in a cylinder by a magnetic mirror (Q510042)

A continuous distribution of positively changed particles assembled at time zero in an infinite cylinder and kept inside by means of an external magnetic field which diverges from the symmetry axis is studied. It is supposed that this plasma evolves under the action of its auto-induced electric field plus the external force and the ensemble of the particles is governed by the Vlasov-Poisson equations containing an extra term due to the Lorentz force of external origin. The existence and uniqueness of the solution of the equations are studied. The time evolution of this system is demonstrated and the confinement property is investigated for an arbitrary time interval. The general study of this publication is an extension of previous works of the authors. Some additional generalizations are made in the assumptions, namely, it is supposed that the plasma has an infinite charge, the density is slowly decaying in space (but not integrable), and the velocity distribution is Gaussian (and decays towards the infinity).