SWhat changed
Formulated a collisionless distribution-function description for collective electron-gas oscillations.
Scientific scope
The record is Vlasov's sole-author 1938 Russian paper, checked through institutional history and a later English republication. Landau damping, rigorous mean-field limits, two-species extensions and later plasma applications remain separate.
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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Vlasov's sole-author 1938 Russian paper, checked through institutional history and a later English republication. Landau damping, rigorous mean-field limits, two-species extensions and later plasma applications remain separate.
Contributors
- Anatoly A. Vlasov · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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