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A theory for lifting equations of motion for charged particle dynamics, subject to given electromagnetic like forces, up to a gauge-free system of coupled Hamiltonian Vlasov-Maxwell like equations is given. The theory provides very general…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2013-02-19 P. J. Morrison

We consider the linear stability problem for a 3D cylindrically symmetric equilibrium of the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system that describes a collisionless plasma. For an equilibrium whose distribution function decreases monotonically…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Zhiwu Lin , Walter Strauss

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

In this work, we consider the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system, linearized around a spatially homogeneous equilibrium, set in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^3 \times \mathbb{R}^3$. The equilibrium is assumed to belong to a class of radial,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-20 Daniel Han-Kwan , Toan T. Nguyen , Frédéric Rousset

Motivated by the fundamental model of a collisionless plasma, the Vlasov-Maxwell (VM) system, we consider a related, nonlinear system of partial differential equations in one space and one momentum dimension. As little is known regarding…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-01 Charles Nguyen , Jennifer Anderson , Stephen Pankavich

We provide an $N/V$-limit for the infinite particle, infinite volume stochastic dynamics associated with Gibbs states in continuous particle systems on $\mathbb R^d$, $d \ge 1$. Starting point is an $N$-particle stochastic dynamic with…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Martin Grothaus , Yuri G. Kondratiev , Michael Röckner

We find the probability density function $\mathcal{P}(V_{\texttt{r}})$ of the relativistic relative velocity for two colliding particles in a non-degenerate relativistic gas. The distribution reduces to Maxwell distribution for the relative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-02 M. Cannoni

We show that weak solutions of the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system preserve the total energy provided that the electromagnetic field is locally of bounded variation and, for any $\lambda$> 0, the one-particle distribution function has a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-09-04 Reinel Sospedra-Alfonso

We study in this paper the non-relativistic limit from Vlasov-Maxwell to Vlasov-Poisson, which corresponds to the regime where the speed of light is large compared to the typical velocities of particles. In contrast with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-29 Nicolas Brigouleix , Daniel Han-Kwan

We consider the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell and Vlasov-Nordstr\"om systems which describe large particle ensembles interacting by either electromagnetic fields or a relativistic scalar gravity model. For both systems we derive a radiation…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Sebastian Bauer , Markus Kunze , Gerhard Rein , Alan D. Rendall

When particle speeds are large the motion of a collisionless plasma is modeled by the relativistic Vlasov Maxwell system. Large time behavior of solutions which depend on one position variable and two momentum variables is considered. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-01-02 Robert Glassey , Stephen Pankavich , Jack Schaeffer

In this paper we provide sharp criteria for linear stability or instability of equilibria of collisionless plasmas in the presence of boundaries. Specifically, we consider the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system with specular reflection at…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-12-21 Toan Nguyen , Walter A. Strauss

The results of our study of the motion of a three particle, self-gravitating system in general relativistic lineal gravity is presented for an arbitrary ratio of the particle masses. We derive a canonical expression for the Hamiltonian of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 J. J. Malecki , R. B. Mann

A new scheme for numerical integration of the 1D2V relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system is proposed. Assuming that all particles in a cell of the phase space move with the same velocity as that of the particle located at the center of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-02-18 Akihiro Suzuki , Toshikazu Shigeyama

As an enhanced version of existing results on Kac's propagation of chaos, which describes the convergence of mean-field particle systems to a system of independent McKean-Vlasov particles as the number of particles tends to infinity, we…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Xiao-Yu Zhao

In this paper, we study the Vlasov-Maxwell system in the non-relativistic limit, that is in the regime where the speed of light is a very large parameter. We consider data lying in the vicinity of homogeneous equilibria that are stable in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-15 Daniel Han-Kwan , Toan T. Nguyen , Frederic Rousset

We establish a new self-consistent system of equations accounting for a nonminimal coupling of the cooperative gravitational, electromagnetic and pseudoscalar (axion) fields in a multi-component relativistic plasma. The axionic extension of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-12-02 Alexander B. Balakin , Ruslan K. Muharlyamov , Alexei E. Zayats

This paper is concerned with a fluid-particle system given by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the Vlasov(-Fokker-Planck) equation through a drag force. Such a model arises naturally in the study of aerosols, sprays,…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Ludovic Goudenège , Christian Olivera , Gabriela Planas , Alexandre Richard

We present a generalization of Vlasov-Maxwell kinetic theory that accounts for intense electromagnetic fields. A strongly-radiating, possibly optically-thick plasma is decomposed into fragments, each comprising a charged particle together…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-11-28 J. W. Burby , P. J. Morrison

The empirical measure of an interacting particle system is a purely atomic random probability measure. In the limit as the number of particles grows to infinity, we show for McKean-Vlasov systems with common noise that this measure becomes…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-01 Robert Alexander Crowell