Vol 69, No 3 (2023)

We consider the first mixed problem for the system of Vlasov-Poisson equations with a given external magnetic field in a bounded domain. This problem describes the kinetics of high-temperature plasma in controlled thermonuclear fusion plants and is considered with respect to unknown functions: electric field potential, distribution functions of positively charged ions and electrons. Additionally, we assumed that the distribution functions of charged particles satisfy the condition of mirror reflection from the boundary of the domain under consideration. We prove the existence of global weak solutions of such a problem.

The paper presents a mathematical model of plasma transfer in an open magnetic trap using the condition of zero plasma concentration at infinity. New experimental data obtained at the SMOLA trap at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS were used. Plasma confinement in the plant is carried out by transmitting a pulse from a magnetic field with helical symmetry to a rotating plasma. The mathematical model is based on a stationary plasma transfer equation in an axially symmetric formulation. The stationary equation of the transfer of matter contains second spatial derivatives. The optimal template for the approximation of the mixed derivative based on the test problem is selected. The numerical implementation of the model by the establishment method and the method of successive over-relaxation is compared.

In this survey, we study boundary-value problems for nonlinear differential-difference equations of elliptic and parabolic types, as well as related nonlinear equations with nonlocal boundary conditions. The main feature of the equations under consideration is that the difference operator is located in the principal part of the nonlinear operator containing higher-order derivatives.