2020/07/16 by Jacob Bedrossian, Nader Masmoudi, Bedrossian, Jacob +3
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Mathematics · #Analysis of PDEs (math.AP) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows #Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2007.08580
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In this paper we study the linearized Vlasov-Poisson equation for localized disturbances of an infinite, homogeneous Maxwellian background distribution in \mathbb R3x × \mathbb R3v. In contrast with the confined case \mathbb Td x × \mathbb Rv d, or the unconfined case \mathbb Rdx × \mathbb Rdv with screening, the dynamics of the disturbance are not scattering towards free transport as t → ± ∞: we show that the electric field decomposes into a very weakly-damped Klein-Gordon-type evolution for long waves and a Landau-damped evolution. The Klein-Gordon-type waves solve, to leading order, the compressible Euler-Poisson equations linearized about a constant density state, despite the fact that our model is collisionless, i.e. there is no trend to local or global thermalization of the distribution function in strong topologies. We prove dispersive estimates on the Klein-Gordon part of the dynamics. The Landau damping part of the electric field decays faster than free transport at low frequencies and damps as in the confined case at high frequencies; in fact, it decays at the same rate as in the screened case. As such, neither contribution to the electric field behaves as in the vacuum case.