Electromagnetic wave propagation and absorption in magnetised plasmas: variational formulations and domain decomposition

TL;DR

This paper develops a rigorous mathematical framework for electromagnetic wave propagation and absorption in magnetised plasmas, including variational formulations and a domain decomposition method, with proofs of well-posedness and spectral analysis.

Contribution

It introduces new variational formulations and a domain decomposition approach for modeling wave behavior in magnetised plasmas, with theoretical validation.

Findings

Proved well-posedness of the formulations

Established equivalence of domain decomposition and one-domain models

Linked spectral properties to the mathematical formulations

Abstract

We consider a model for the propagation and absorption of electromagnetic waves (in the time-harmonic regime) in a magnetised plasma. We present a rigorous derivation of the model and several boundary conditions modelling wave injection into the plasma. Then we propose several variational formulations, mixed and non-mixed, and prove their well-posedness thanks to a theorem by S\'ebelin et~al. Finally, we propose a non-overlapping domain decomposition framework, show its well-posedness and equivalence with the one-domain formulation. These results appear strongly linked to the spectral properties of the plasma dielectric tensor.