On the existence of global weak solutions for Vlasov-Poisson-Fokker- Planck systems (Q1192550)

Let \(f(t,x,v)\) denote expected distribution at time \(t\); consider the Vlasov-Poisson-Fokker-Planck system \[ {\partial f \over \partial t}(t,x,v)+v\nabla_ x f(t,x,v)+(E(t,x)-\beta v)\nabla_ v f(t,x,v)=N\beta f(t,x,v)+\sigma\Delta_ v f(t,x,v),\tag{1} \] \[ (t,x,v)\in[0,+\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^ N\times\mathbb{R}^ N, \] where \[ E(t,x):=-{\lambda\over\omega_ N}\int_{\mathbb{R}^ N}(x-y)/| x- y|^ N \int_{\mathbb{R}^ N} [f(t,x,v)-N_ 0(y,v)]dv dy=-\nabla_ x U(t,x),\tag{2} \] with \[ U(t,x):=-{\lambda\over (N-2)_ N} \int_{\mathbb{R}^ N} | x-y|^{-(N-2)} \int_{\mathbb{R}^ N} [f(t,y,v)-N_ 0(y,v)]dv dy,\tag{3} \] and \[ f\mid_{t=0}=f_ 0(x,v), \qquad (x,v)\in\mathbb{R}^ N\times\mathbb{R}^ N.\tag{4} \] In the system (1)--(4) \(\lambda\), \(\beta\), \(\sigma\) are real parameters, \(\mathbb{R}^ N\) denotes real \(N\)-dimensional space. The author proves theorems on the global existence of weak solutions of system (1)--(4). The theorems generalize the results from the papers of \textit{R. DiPerna} and \textit{P. L. Lions} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 42, No. 6, 729--757 (1989; Zbl 0698.35128)]; \textit{P. D. Lax} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 10, 537--566 (1957; Zbl 0081.08803)], and \textit{R. Illner} and \textit{H. Neunzert} [Math. Methods Appl. Sci. 1, 530--554 (1979; Zbl 0415.35076)].