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We present a stabilized, structure-preserving finite element framework for solving the Vlasov-Maxwell equations. The method uses a tensor product of continuous polynomial spaces for the spatial and velocity domains, respectively, to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-17 Katharina Kormann , Murtazo Nazarov , Junjie Wen

We study the Boltzmann equation near a global Maxwellian in the case of bounded domains. We consider the boundary conditions to be either specular reflections or Maxwellian diffusion. Starting from the reference work of Guo in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-11-30 Marc Briant

This article proposes a derivation of the Vlasov-Navier-Stokes system for spray/aerosol flows. The distribution function of the dispersed phase is governed by a Vlasov-equation, while the velocity field of the propellant satisfies the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-18 Etienne Bernard , Laurent Desvillettes , François Golse , Valeria Ricci

In this paper, we study the asymptotic behaviors of solutions to the inhomogeneous Navier-Stokes-Vlasov system in $\mathbb{R}^{3}\times\mathbb{R}^{3}$, where the initial fluid density is allowed to vanish. We establish the uniform bound of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-12 Hai-Liang Li , Ling-Yun Shou , Yue Zhang

In this paper, we study the hydrodynamic limit of the scaled Vlasov-Poisson-Fokker-Planck (VPFP) system in the low-field regime. By employing the moment method, we formally derive the corresponding Drift-Diffusion-Poisson (DDP) system.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Zhendong Fang , Kunlun Qi

We present a new algorithm for the discretization of the Vlasov-Maxwell system of equations for the study of plasmas in the kinetic regime. Using the discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for the spatial discretization, we obtain a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 J. Juno , A. Hakim , J. TenBarge , E. Shi , W. Dorland

We study the asymptotic regime of strong electric fields that leads from the Vlasov-Poisson system to the Incompressible Euler equations. We also deal with the Vlasov-Poisson-Fokker-Planck system which induces dissipative effects. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-02 Julien Barré , David Chiron , Thierry Goudon , Nader Masmoudi

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 finite volume scheme for modeling the diffusion of charged particles, specifically ions, in constrained geometries using a degenerate Poisson-Nernst-Planck system with size exclusion yielding cross-diffusion. Our method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Clément Cancès , Maxime Herda , Annamaria Massimini

Full self-consistent stationary Vlasov-Maxwell solutions of magnetically confined plasmas are built for systems with cylindrical symmetries. The stationary solutions are thermodynamic equilibrium solutions. These are obtained by computing…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 Aurélien Cordonnier , Xavier Leoncini , Guilhem Dif-Pradalier , Xavier Garbet

Inspired by the stochastic particle method, this paper establishes an easily implementable explicit numerical method for McKean-Vlasov stochastic differential equations (MV-SDEs) with superlinear growth coefficients. The paper establishes…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-12-25 Yuanping Cui , Xiaoyue Li , Yi Liu , Fengyu Wang

A type of discrete Boltzmann model for simulating shallow water flows is derived by using the Hermite expansion approach. Through analytical analysis, we study the impact of truncating distribution function and discretizing particle…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-07-16 Jianping Meng , Xiao-Jun Gu , David R Emerson , Yong Peng , Jianmin Zhang

Nonlinear dispersionless equations arise as the dispersionless limit of well know integrable hierarchies of equations or by construction, such as the system of hydrodynamic type. Some of these equations are integrable in the Hamiltonian…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-26 J. C. Brunelli

We study the singular limit of a rotating compressible fluid described by a scaled barotropic Navier-Stokes system, where the Rossby number, the Mach number and the Froude number tend to 0 in a particular mutual rate while the Reynolds…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-03-19 Eduard Feireisl , Antonin Novotny

In the present paper, we consider the initial value problem for the bipolar Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann (bVPB) system and its corresponding modified Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann (mVPB). We give the spectrum analysis on the linearized bVPB and mVPB…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-11-21 Hai-Liang Li , Tong Yang , Mingying Zhong

The motion of a collisionless plasma - a high-temperature, low-density, ionized gas - is described by the Vlasov-Maxwell system. In the presence of large velocities, relativistic corrections are meaningful, and when symmetry of the particle…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-12-31 Robert Glassey , Stephen Pankavich , Jack Schaeffer

Convergence of a system of particles, interacting with a fluid, to Navier-Stokes-Vlasov-Fokker-Planck system is studied. The interaction between particles and fluid is described by Stokes drag force. The empirical measure of particles is…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-11-21 Franco Flandoli , Marta Leocata , Cristiano Ricci

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

We prove a central limit theorem for the momentum distribution of a particle undergoing an unbiased spatially periodic random forcing at exponentially distributed times without friction. The start is a linear Boltzmann equation for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Jeremy Clark , Christian Maes

A discontinuous Galerkin method for approximating the Vlasov-Poisson system of equations describing the time evolution of a collisionless plasma is proposed. The method is mass conservative and, in the case that piecewise constant functions…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-10-04 R. E. Heath , I. M. Gamba , P. J. Morrison , C. Michler