On the Lagrangian structure of transport equations: the Vlasov-Poisson system

DOI10.1215/00127094-2017-0032zbMATH Open1403.35085arXiv1412.3608OpenAlexW3099835072WikidataQ55981916 ScholiaQ55981916MaRDI QIDQ681670FDOQ681670

Authors: Luigi Ambrosio, Maria Colombo, Alessio Figalli 

Publication date: 12 February 2018

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Vlasov-Poisson system is a classical model in physics used to describe the evolution of particles under their self-consistent electric or gravitational field. The existence of classical solutions is limited to dimensions $dleq3$ under strong assumptions on the initial data, while weak solutions are known to exist under milder conditions. However, in the setting of weak solutions it is unclear whether the Eulerian description provided by the equation physically corresponds to a Lagrangian evolution of the particles. In this paper we develop several general tools concerning the Lagrangian structure of transport equations with non-smooth vector fields and we apply these results: (1) to show that weak solutions of Vlasov-Poisson are Lagrangian; (2) to obtain global existence of weak solutions under minimal assumptions on the initial data.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.3608

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zbMATH Keywords

renormalized solutionsLagrangian flowstransport equationsEulerian description

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Initial value problems, existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence and continuation of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34A12) Vlasov equations (35Q83) Integro-partial differential equations (35R09) Dynamics induced by flows and semiflows (37C10) Initial value problems for nonlinear first-order PDEs (35F25)

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