Nonlinear stability of a spatially symmetric solution of the relativistic Poisson-Vlasov equation (Q1105765)

It is proven that the distribution functions f(\b{x},\b{p}), spatially homogeneous, possibly nonregular, nonincreasing in \(\| \underline p\|\), stationary solutions of the relativistic Poisson-Vlasov equation, are nonlinearly (Lyapunov) stable. No regularity assumption is done on the solutions (and on the initial data), and this might be relevant in some physical application. Similar method of proof may be employed in the relativistic Maxwell-Vlasov model.