Statistical mechanics of collisionless relaxation in a non-interacting system

DOI10.1098/RSTA.2010.0251zbMATH Open1211.82041arXiv1006.2768OpenAlexW2097008080WikidataQ51625913 ScholiaQ51625913MaRDI QIDQ2997329FDOQ2997329

Authors: Pierre de Buyl, S. Ruffo, David Mukamel 

Publication date: 6 May 2011

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce a model of uncoupled pendula, which mimics the dynamical behavior of the Hamiltonian Mean Field (HMF) model. This model has become a paradigm for long-range interactions, like Coulomb or dipolar forces. As in the HMF model, this simplified integrable model is found to obey the Vlasov equation and to exhibit Quasi Stationary States (QSS), which arise after a "collisionless" relaxation process. Both the magnetization and the single particle distribution function in these QSS can be predicted using Lynden-Bell's theory. The existence of an extra conserved quantity for this model, the energy distribution function, allows us to understand the origin of some discrepancies of the theory with numerical experiments. It also suggests us an improvement of Lynden-Bell's theory, which we fully implement for the zero field case.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.2768

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zbMATH Keywords

Vlasov equationHamiltonian mean-field modelquasi-stationary states

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with statistical mechanics (35Q82) Vlasov equations (35Q83) Lattice dynamics; integrable lattice equations (37K60) Exactly solvable dynamic models in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C23)

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