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Most non-linearities considered in non-linear plasma physics are weak nonlinearities. The criterion for a weak non-linearity is that the energy density of the collective oscillations should be much smaller than the particle energy density-in the case of a thermal distribution, the thermal particle energy density:
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Tsytovich, V.N. (1995). General Theory of Non-linear Interactions. In: Lectures on Non-linear Plasma Kinetics. Springer Series on Atoms+Plasmas, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78902-1_5
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