
Toan T. Nguyen
Penn State University
Title
Landau damping below survival threshold
Abstract
Of great physical interest is to resolve the final state conjecture concerning the large time dynamics of a plasma in a non-equilibrium state, whether the transition to turbulence or relaxation to neutrality will occur. This involves extremely rich underlying physics, including phase mixing, Landau damping, and plasma oscillations, of which the talk will provide an overview on recent mathematical advances. The talk should be accessible to graduate students and the general audience.