Uniqueness of the solution to the Vlasov--Poisson system with bounded density (Q864178)

The Vlasov-Poisson system describes the evolution of a cloud of electrons or gravitational matter by the equations \[ \partial_t f+\xi\cdot\nabla_xf-\nabla\Psi\cdot\nabla_\xi f=0,\quad -\Delta\psi=\varepsilon\rho \] where \(\rho(t,x)=\int f(t,x,\xi)\,d\xi\) and \(\varepsilon>0\) in the electrostatic (repulsive) case, \(\varepsilon<0\) in the gravitational (attractive) case. Here \[ f(t,x,\xi)\geq 0 \] denotes the density of electrons (or matter) at time \(t\in \mathbb{R}^+\), position \(x\in\mathbb{R}^3\), velocity \(\xi\in\mathbb{R}^3\). The second equation is to be understood in the following sense \[ \Psi(t,x)=\varepsilon\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}\rho(t,y)\frac{1}{4\pi| x-y| }dy. \] There is shown the uniqueness of weak solutions of this system under the only condition that the macroscopic density \(\rho(t,x)\) is bounded in \(L^{\infty}\).