Optimal control of a Vlasov-Poisson plasma by an external magnetic field - The basics for variational calculus

arXiv1708.02464MaRDI QIDQ6289903FDOQ6289903

Publication date: 8 August 2017

Abstract: We consider the three dimensional Vlasov-Poisson system that is equipped with an external magnetic field to describe a plasma. The aim of various concrete applications is to control a plasma in a desired fashion. This can be modeled by an optimal control problem. For that reason the basics for calculus of variations will be introduced in this paper. We have to find a suitable class of fields that are admissible for this procedure as they provide unique global solutions of the Vlasov-Poisson system. Then we can define a field-state operator that maps any admissible field onto its corresponding distribution function. We will show that this field-state operator is Lipschitz continuous and (weakly) compact. Last we will consider a model problem with a tracking type cost functional and we will show that this optimal control problem has at least one globally optimal solution.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vlasov equations (35Q83) Existence theories for optimal control problems involving partial differential equations (49J20)

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