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The calculated energy density and energy flux density of charged particles of collisionless plasma, disturbed by an absorbing spherical body, are presented, in addition to the known number density and current density calculations. It has been shown that the external radius of a spherical layer, where particle finite motion is possible, is an important problem parameter. The consequences of the equations for the moments of the electron and ion distribution functions are also discussed.
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Original Russian Text © V.L. Krasovsky, 2014, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2014, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 455–462.
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Krasovsky, V.L. Energy characteristics of collisionless plasma disturbance caused by an absorbing sphere. Geomagn. Aeron. 54, 416–422 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793214040033
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