JPP Special Issue

The Scientific Committee and the Local Organizing Committee of VLASOVIA 2016 (International workshop on the theory and applications of the Vlasov equation, Copanello (CZ), Italy, 30 May - 2 June 2016) are pleased to announce that a Special Issue of the Journal of Plasma Physics (JPP) entitled "The Vlasov equation: from space to laboratory plasmas", will be published in conjunction with VLASOVIA 2016. In accordance with the editorial policies of JPP, we invite all VLASOVIA 2016 participants and all interested researchers worldwide to submit articles containing original research results for inclusion in this issue.

This Special Issue intends

1. To provide a forum for the presentation of a broad variety of scientific results,
2. To involve the Vlasov equation community at large, ranging from the investigations of the physics and technological applications of the Vlasov equation, to its mathematical foundation and properties, to numerical methods,
3. To bring together results obtained within different communities, from laboratory to astrophysical and space plasmas, to nonlinear dynamics and applied mathematics.

All articles should be submitted through the usual JPP portal:

VLASOVIA JPP Special Issue


Paper submission will begin after the end of the VLASOVIA conference. Submissions should be clearly identified as intended for the Special Issue "The Vlasov equation: from space to laboratory plasma physics" (use the pull down menu).

Please note that all contributions must be received no later than December 20th, 2016.


We look forward to receiving your submission!
Best regards,

Francesco Califano, Physics Department, University of Pisa, Italy (Editor of JPP)
Giovanni Manfredi, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Materiaux de Strasbourg, France (Guest Editor)
Francesco Valentini, Physics Department, University of Calabria, Italy (Guest Editor)