Mean-field limits: from particle descriptions to macroscopic equations (Q2043046)

This paper analyses the evolution of the Newton-type N-point particle system and derives rigorously the pressureless Euler-type equations with nonlocal dissipative terms in velocity by the mean-field limit as the number of particles N goes to infinity. Moreover, it is verified that, in the combined mean-field and small inertia limit, the Newton-type particle system can be well approximated by aggregation equations with nonlocal velocity fields. The authors use a discrete version of a modulated kinetic energy combined with the bounded Lipschitz distance for measures to control the alignment terms between the discrete particle system and the hydrodynamic quantities.