Optimal time decay of the Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system in R^3

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Abstract: The Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann System governs the time evolution of the distribution function for the dilute charged particles in the presence of a self-consistent electric potential force through the Poisson equation. In this paper, we are concerned with the rate of convergence of solutions to equilibrium for this system over mathbbR3. It is shown that the electric field which is indeed responsible for the lowest-order part in the energy space reduces the speed of convergence and hence the dispersion of this system over the full space is slower than that of the Boltzmann equation without forces, where the exact difference between both power indices in the algebraic rates of convergence is 1/4. For the proof, in the linearized case with a given non-homogeneous source, Fourier analysis is employed to obtain time-decay properties of the solution operator. In the nonlinear case, the combination of the linearized results and the nonlinear energy estimates with the help of the proper Lyapunov-type inequalities leads to the optimal time-decay rate of perturbed solutions under some conditions on initial data.


This article investigates the time convergence rate of solutions of the Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system towards the Maxwellian equilibrium. The authors show an optimal \(\langle t\rangle^{-1/4}\) convergence rate which is slower than the \(\langle t\rangle^{-3/4}\) one for the Boltzmann equation because of driven forces. However, this rate is improved to \(\langle t\rangle^{-3/4}\) for some well-prepared initial data. The proof of this result is done in three steps: first, the authors perform a decomposition of the solution involving a few moments of the Maxwellian (macroscopic part) and a remainder (microscopic part). Next, they get a crucial \(L^2(\mathbb{R}_{\xi}^n)\) time dependent estimate for the linearized system which leads to the \(\langle t\rangle^{-1/4}\) convergence rate for the macroscopic part and the \(\langle t\rangle^{-3/4}\) convergence rate for the microscopic part. Finally, using an energy estimate for the whole system, these estimates are shown to still hold for the nonlinear system.



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