Entropy production and Vlasov equation for self-gravitating systems

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AAEA0CzbMATH Open1411.81248arXiv2004.13165OpenAlexW3098464048MaRDI QIDQ4629613FDOQ4629613

Authors: Calvin A. Fracassi Farias, Renato Pakter, Yan Levin 

Publication date: 27 March 2019

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The evolution of a self-gravitating system to a non-equilibrium steady state occurs through a process of violent relaxation. In the thermodynamic limit the dynamics of a many body system should be governed by the Vlasov equation. Recently, however, a question was raised regarding the validity of Vlasov equation during the process of violent relaxation. In this paper we will explore the entropy production during the relaxation process using N-body molecular dynamics simulations. We will show that the entropy production time grows as $N^{a}lpha$, with $alpha>0$ and in the limit $Nightarrowinfty$, entropy will remain constant, consistent with the Vlasov equation. Furthermore, we will show that the mean field dynamics constructed on the basis of the Vlasov equation is in excellent agreement with the full molecular dynamics simulations, justifying the applicability of Vlasov equation during the violent relaxation phase of evolution.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.13165

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zbMATH Keywords

entropylong-rangeVlasov equationgravitational systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Vlasov equations (35Q83) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70)

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