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We apply the linear response theory to systems with long-range interactions described by hydrodynamic equations such as the Euler, Smoluchowski, and damped Euler equations. We analytically determine the response of the system submitted to a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-09-04 Pierre-Henri Chavanis

We develop the kinetic theory of Hamiltonian systems with weak long-range interactions. Starting from the Klimontovich equation and using a quasilinear theory, we obtain a general kinetic equation that can be applied to spatially…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Pierre-Henri Chavanis

We introduce a model of uncoupled pendula, which mimics the dynamical behavior of the Hamiltonian Mean Field (HMF) model. This model has become a paradigm for long-range interactions, like Coulomb or dipolar forces. As in the HMF model,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-12-14 Pierre de Buyl , David Mukamel , Stefano Ruffo

Understanding how systems respond to external perturbations is fundamental to statistical physics. For systems far from equilibrium, a general framework for response remains elusive. While progress has been made on the linear response of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-04 Ruicheng Bao , Shiling Liang

We consider a long-range interacting system of $N$ particles moving on a spherical surface under an attractive Heisenberg-like interaction of infinite range, and evolving under deterministic Hamilton dynamics. The system may also be viewed…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-12-03 Shamik Gupta , David Mukamel

We discuss the dynamics and thermodynamics of systems with long-range interactions. We contrast the microcanonical description of an isolated Hamiltonian system to the canonical description of a stochastically forced Brownian system. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Pierre-Henri Chavanis

Sometimes the dynamics of a physical system is described by non-Hamiltonian equations of motion, and additionally, the system is characterized by long-range interactions. A concrete example is that of particles interacting with light as…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-11-15 Alessandro Campa , Shamik Gupta

We apply the Nyquist method to the Hamiltonian Mean Field (HMF) model in order to settle the linear dynamical stability of a spatially homogeneous distribution function with respect to the Vlasov equation. We consider the case of Maxwell…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. H. Chavanis , L. Delfini

The dynamics and the thermodynamics of particles/spins interacting via long-range forces display several unusual features with respect to systems with short-range interactions. The Hamiltonian Mean Field (HMF) model, a Hamiltonian system of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 Alessandro Pluchino , Vito Latora , Andrea Rapisarda

The Hamiltonian Mean-Field model (HMF), an inertial XY ferromagnet with infinite-range interactions, has been extensively studied in the last few years, especially due to its long-lived meta-equilibrium states, which exhibit a series of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-08-23 Celia Anteneodo , Raul O. Vallejos

We show that, in the continuum limit, the dynamics of Hamiltonian systems defined on a lattice with long-range couplings is well described by the Vlasov equation. This equation can be linearized around the homogeneous state and a dispersion…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-03-31 Romain Bachelard , F. Staniscia , Thierry Dauxois , Giovanni De Ninno , Stefano Ruffo

The nonlinear Vlasov equation contains the full nonlinear dynamics and collective effects of a given Hamiltonian system. The linearized approximation is not valid for a variety of interesting systems, nor is it simple to extend to higher…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 Stephen D. Webb

Predicting how systems respond to external perturbations far from equilibrium remains a fundamental challenge across physics, chemistry, and biology. We present a unified response framework for stochastic Markov dynamics that integrates…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-13 Jiming Zheng , Zhiyue Lu

We present an effective evolution equation for a coarse-grained distribution function of a long-range-interacting system preserving the symplectic structure of the non-collisional Boltzmann, or Vlasov, equation. We first derive a general…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-01 Guido Giachetti , Alessandro Santini , Lapo Casetti

We study the microscopic dynamics of the metastable Quasi-Stationary States (QSS) in the Hamiltonian Mean Field (HMF) model, a Hamiltonian system of N classical inertial spins with infinite-range interactions which shows a second order…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Alessandro Pluchino , Vito Latora , Andrea Rapisarda

We present a theory of collisionless relaxation in systems with long-range interactions. Contrary to Lynden-Bell's theory of violent relaxation, which assumes global ergodicity and mixing, we show that quasi-stationary states (qSS) observed…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-28 Tarcísio Nunes Teles , Renato Pakter , Yan Levin

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 study the dynamics of perturbations around an inhomogeneous stationary state of the Vlasov-HMF (Hamiltonian Mean-Field) model, satisfying a linearized stability criterion (Penrose criterion). We consider solutions of the linearized…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-07 Erwan Faou , Romain Horsin , Frédéric Rousset

In this article, several aspects of the dynamics of a toy model for longrange Hamiltonian systems are tackled focusing on linearly unstable unmagnetized (i.e. force-free) cold equilibria states of the Hamiltonian Mean Field (HMF). For…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-05-20 Wahb Ettoumi , Marie-Christine Firpo

We discuss the dynamics and thermodynamics of systems with weak long-range interactions. Generically, these systems experience a violent collisionless relaxation in the Vlasov regime leading to a (usually) non-Boltzmannian quasi stationary…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Pierre-Henri Chavanis