Quasi-neutral limit of the full Navier-Stokes-Fourier-Poisson system (Q2339454)

The authors consider the Navier-Stokes-Fourier-Poisson (MSFP) system, which is a model of a compressible electron fluid in a charged ion background. The electrostatic effects persist only within a fixed length \(\lambda\), which is called the Debye length. The fluid velocity, the temperature, and the electron density depend on the Debye length \(\lambda\). They are denoted by \(\mathbf{u}^{\lambda} ,\;\theta^{\lambda}\), and \(\rho^{\lambda}\), considering \(\lambda\) as a parameter. The unknown functions \((\mathbf{u}^{\lambda} ,\;\theta^{\lambda},\;\rho^{\lambda})\) satisfy the NSFP system, which reduces to the usual Navier-Stokes system when \(\lambda =0\). The authors consider the limit of \((\mathbf{u}^{\lambda} ,\;\theta^{\lambda},\;\rho^{\lambda})\) as \(\lambda\rightarrow 0\), which is called the quasi-neutral limit. They define the weak solutions of the NSFP system. They assume that \((\mathbf{u}^{\lambda},\;\theta^{\lambda},\;\rho^{\lambda} )\) is a weak solution of the NSFP system corresponding to the initial data \((\mathbf{u}^{\lambda}_0 ,\;\theta^{\lambda}_0,\;\rho^{\lambda}_0 )\), and \((\mathbf{u},\;\theta ,\;\rho )\) is a strong solution of the Navier-Stokes system with the initial data \((\mathbf{u}_0 ,\;\theta_0 ,\;\rho_0 )\). They also assume that \({\lim}_{\lambda\rightarrow 0} (\mathbf{u}^{\lambda}_0 ,\;\theta^{\lambda}_0,\;\rho^{\lambda}_0 ) =(\mathbf{u}_0 ,\;\theta_0 ,\;\rho_0 )\) in some sense. Then it is proved that the weak solution \((\mathbf{u}^{\lambda},\;\theta^{\lambda},\;\rho^{\lambda} )\) strongly converges to \((\mathbf{u},\;\theta ,\;\rho )\) as \(\lambda \rightarrow 0\).