Time development of a density perturbation in the unstable nuclear matter

Abstract

We present the solution of the time development of an unstable initial density perturbation in the linearized Vlasov equation, completing the previous analysis in the literature. The additional contributions found are usually damped and can be neglected at large times in the unstable region. The work clarifies also the problem of the normalization of the solution with respect to the initial perturbation of the density.