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We develop a quasilinear theory of the Vlasov equation in order to describe the approach of systems with long-range interactions to quasi-stationary states. We derive a diffusion equation governing the evolution of the velocity distribution…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-11-27 Alessandro Campa , Pierre-Henri Chavanis

We consider the Maxwell-Lorentz equations, i.e., the equation of motion of a charged dust coupled to Maxwell's equations, on an arbitrary general-relativistic spacetime. We decompose this system of equations into evolution equations and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-08 Volker Perlick , Anthony Carr

When dilute charged particles are confined in a bounded domain, boundary effects are crucial in the global dynamics. We construct a unique global-in-time solution to the Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system in convex domains with the diffuse…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-08 Yunbai Cao , Chanwoo Kim , Donghyun Lee

In this paper we extend for the case of Maxwell equations the "X-shaped" solutions previously found in the case of scalar (e.g., acoustic) wave equations. Such solutions are localized in theory, i.e., diffraction-free and particle-like…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-26 Erasmo Recami

Since the work [13] by Guo [Invent. Math. 153 (2003), no. 3, 593--630], how to establish the global existence of perturbative classical solutions around a global Maxwellian to the Vlasov-Maxwell-Boltzmann system with the whole range of soft…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-11-20 Renjun Duan , Yuanjie Lei , Tong Yang , Huijiang Zhao

Starting from the Vlasov-Maxwell system, an exact relativistic hydrodynamic closure for a special type water bag distributions satisfying the Vlasov equation has been derived. It has been shown that the hydrodynamic equations are fully…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2011-10-18 Stephan I. Tzenov , Kiril B. Marinov

Numerical schemes that preserve the structure of the kinetic equations can provide stable simulation results over a long time. An electromagnetic particle-in-cell solver for the Vlasov-Maxwell equations that preserves at the discrete level…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-24 Benedikt Perse , Katharina Kormann , Eric Sonnendrücker

Statistical systems with time-periodic spatially non-uniform forces are of immense importance in several areas of physics. In this paper, we provide an analytical expression of the time-periodic probability distribution function of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-10-15 Kushal Shah , Balaji Srinivasan

In this paper, we develop Hamiltonian particle-in-cell methods for Vlasov-Maxwell equations by applying conforming finite element methods in space and splitting methods in time. For the spatial discretisation, the criteria for choosing…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-10-12 Yang He , Yajuan Sun , Hong Qin , Jian Liu

The Radiative Vlasov-Maxwell equations model the radiative kinetics of collisionless relativistic plasma. In them the Lorentz force is modified by the addition of radiation reaction forces. The radiation forces produce damping of particle…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Peter Constantin , Hezekiah Grayer

An application of approximate transformation groups to study dynamics of a system with distinct time scales is discussed. The utilization of the Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitropolsky method of averaging to find solutions of the Lie equations is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Vladimir F. Kovalev

The conditions for the existence of force-free non-relativistic translationally invariant one-dimensional (1D) Vlasov-Maxwell (VM) equilibria are investigated using general properties of the 1D VM equilibrium problem. As has been shown…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-02-25 Michael G. Harrison , Thomas Neukirch

A fluid-particle system of the inhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equations and Vlasov equation in the three dimensional space is considered in this paper. The coupling arises from the drag force in the fluid equations and the acceleration in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-18 Dehua Wang , Cheng Yu

Maxwell's equations are considered in metric-free form, with a local but otherwise arbitrary constitutive law. After splitting Maxwell's equations into evolution equations and constraints, we derive the characteristic equation and we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-11 Volker Perlick

Large weak solutions to Navier--Stokes--Maxwell systems are not known to exist in their corresponding energy space in full generality. Here, we mainly focus on the three-dimensional setting of a classical incompressible…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-06 Diogo Arsénio , Isabelle Gallagher

We study the "one and one-half" dimensional Vlasov-Maxwell-Fokker-Planck system and obtain the first results concerning well-posedness of solutions. Specifically, we prove the global-in-time existence and uniqueness in the large of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-31 Stephen Pankavich , Jack Schaeffer

A novel method to derive stationary solutions of the Vlasov-Maxwell system is established. This method is based on the assumption that the deviation of the velocity distribution from the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution can be expanded by the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Akihiro Suzuki , Toshikazu Shigeyama

A variety of problems in device and materials design require the rapid forward modeling of Maxwell's equations in complex micro-structured materials. By combining high-order accurate integral equation methods with classical multiple…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-04-29 Zydrunas Gimbutas , Leslie Greengard

In this paper, we provide a general framework for investigating McKean-Vlasov stochastic partial differential equations. We first show the existence of weak solutions by combining the localizing approximation, Faedo-Galerkin technique,…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Wei Hong , Shihu Li , Wei Liu

In this paper, we aim to study the diffusion approximation for multi-scale McKean-Vlasov stochastic differential equations. More precisely, we prove the weak convergence of slow process $X^\varepsilon$ in $C([0,T];\mathbb{R}^n)$ towards the…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-06-07 Wei Hong , Shihu Li , Xiaobin Sun