The Vlasov-Poisson equation, which is an infinite dimensional non-canonical Hamiltonian system, is linearized about a stable homogeneous equilibrium. Canonical variables for the resulting linear system are obtained. A coordinate transformation is introduced that brings the system, which possesses a continuous spectrum, into the action-angle form where the linearized energy is diagonal.
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