This paper deals with the mathematical modeling and analysis of a new model of the Boltzmann equation with a finite number of velocity moduli, but with a continuous dependence on the velocity directions. The mathematical model is derived in the first part of the paper. Then the analysis of the equilibrium Maxwellian state is dealt with in the second part of the paper with the purpose of showing that the space of collision invariants is the correct one.
Gyro-kinetic theory and global simulations of the collisionless tearing instability: The impact of trapped particles through the magnetic field curvature