Trend to equilibrium and particle approximation for a weakly selfconsistent Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation
Probability
2013-09-19 v1 Analysis of PDEs
Abstract
We consider a Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation governing the evolution of the density of interacting and diffusive matter in the space of positions and velocities. We use a probabilistic interpretation to obtain convergence towards equilibrium in Wasserstein distance with an explicit exponential rate. We also prove a propagation of chaos property for an associated particle system, and give rates on the approximation of the solution by the particle system. Finally, a transportation inequality for the distribution of the particle system leads to quantitative deviation bounds on the approximation of the equilibrium solution of the equation by an empirical mean of the particles at given time.
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@article{arxiv.0906.1417,
title = {Trend to equilibrium and particle approximation for a weakly selfconsistent Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation},
author = {Francois Bolley and Arnaud Guillin and Florent Malrieu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.1417},
year = {2013}
}