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5.2 Poisson’s equation

In terms of the reduced distribution function F, Poisson’s equation is written

( ∫ ) d2ϕ e- ∞ − dx2 = 𝜀0 nion − − ∞F dvx ,
(79)

where nion is the number density of ions, which are assumed to be uniform in x and not evolving with time.

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