Moment invariants for the Vlasov equation

Abstract
Moment invariants [functions of the moments of a Vlasov distribution that are invariant under Sp(6)] are classified using Young diagrams. The connection between the moment invariants and the Poincaré invariants is established. An application using the moment invariants as phase space coordinates is considered for a matching section in a particle-beam accelerator, and a Lie–Poisson numerical integration algorithm for the moment dynamics is proposed.

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