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This paper deals with the Vlasov-Stokes' system in three dimensions with periodic boundary conditions in the spatial variable. We prove the existence of a unique strong solution to this two-phase model under the assumption that initial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-01 Harsha Hutridurga , Krishan Kumar , Amiya K. Pani

We prove the existence of static, spherically symmetric solutions of the stellar dynamic Vlasov-Poisson and Vlasov-Einstein systems, which have the property that their spatial support is a finite, spherically symmetric shell with a vacuum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gerhard Rein

We prove the existence of static, asymptotically flat non-vacuum spacetimes with axial symmetry where the matter is modeled as a collisionless gas. The axially symmetric solutions of the resulting Einstein-Vlasov system are obtained via the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-19 Hakan Andreasson , Markus Kunze , Gerhard Rein

We study equilibrium states in relativistic galactic dynamics which are described by solutions of the Einstein-Vlasov system for collisionless matter. We recast the equations into a regular three-dimensional system of autonomous first order…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-01 Mikael Fjällborg , J. Mark Heinzle , Claes Uggla

We numerically analyse solutions of the spherically symmetric gravitational Vlasov-Poisson system close to compactly supported stable steady states. We observe either partially undamped oscillations or macroscopically damped solutions. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-24 Christopher Straub

Numerical evidence is given that spherically symmetric perturbations of stable spherically symmetric steady states of the gravitational Vlasov-Poisson system lead to solutions which oscillate in time. The oscillations can be periodic in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-01-09 Tobias Ramming , Gerhard Rein

In this paper, we extend the energy-Casimir stability method for deterministic Lie-Poisson Hamiltonian systems to provide sufficient conditions for the stability in probability of stochastic dynamical systems with symmetries and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-04-18 Alexis Arnaudon , Nader Ganaba , Darryl Holm

In 2001 Wolansky \cite{Wol} introduced a particle number-Casimir functional for the Einstein-Vlasov system. Two open questions are associated with this functional. First, a meaningful variational problem should be formulated and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-24 Håkan Andréasson , Markus Kunze

We consider an ensemble of mass collisionless particles, which interact mutually either by an attraction of Newton's law of gravitation or by an electrostatic repulsion of Coulomb's law, under a background downward gravity in a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-25 Chanwoo Kim

A typical galaxy consists of a huge number of stars attracted to each other by gravity. For instance, the Milky Way has about $10^{11}$ stars. Thus it is typically modeled by the Vlasov-Poisson system. We prove an existence theorem for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-04 Walter A. Strauss , Yilun Wu

We review stability and instability results for self-gravitating matter distributions, where the matter model is a collisionless gas as described by the Vlasov equation. The focus is on the general relativistic situation, i.e., on steady…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-16 Gerhard Rein

We prove a sufficient condition for nonlinear stability of relative equilibria in the planar $N$-vortex problem. This result builds on our previous work on the Hamiltonian formulation of its relative dynamics as a Lie--Poisson system. The…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-06-19 Tomoki Ohsawa

We complete previous investigations on the dynamical stability of barotropic stars and collisionless stellar systems. A barotropic star that minimizes the energy functional at fixed mass is a nonlinearly dynamically stable stationary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. H. Chavanis

Motivated by recent results of Lemou-M\'ehats-R\"aphael and Lemou concerning the quatitative stability of some suitable steady states for the Vlasov-Poisson system, we investigate the local uniqueness of steady states near these one. This…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-07 Mikaela Iacobelli

This work is concerned with the quasineutral limit of the one-dimensional Vlasov-Poisson equation, for initial data close to stationary homogeneous profiles. Our objective is threefold: first, we provide a proof of the fact that the formal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-18 Daniel Han-Kwan , Maxime Hauray

We survey our recent results on stability of 3D crystals in the Schr\"odinger-Poisson-Newton model. We establish orbital stability for the ground state in the case of finite crystal and linear stability for infinite crystals under novel…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-01-19 Alexander Komech , Elena Kopylova

This paper investigates the existence and properties of stable, uniformly rotating star-planet systems, i.e. mass ratio is sufficiently small. It is modeled by the Euler-Poisson equations. Following the framework established by McCann for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Hangsheng Chen

We construct global-in-time classical solutions to the nonlinear Vlasov-Maxwell system in a three-dimensional half-space beyond the vacuum scattering regime. Our approach combines the construction of stationary solutions to the associated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Jin Woo Jang , Chanwoo Kim

In $3+1$ dimensions, we study the stability of Kasner solutions for the Einstein-Maxwell-scalar field-Vlasov system. This system incorporates gravity, electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions for the initial stage of our universe. Due…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-27 Xinliang An , Taoran He , Dawei Shen

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