On the mean-field limit for the Vlasov-Poisson system

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Main Authors: Feistl-Held, Manuela, Pickl, Peter
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author Feistl-Held, Manuela
Pickl, Peter
author_facet Feistl-Held, Manuela
Pickl, Peter
contents We present a probabilistic proof of the mean-field limit and propagation of chaos of a classical N-particle system in three dimensions with Coulomb interaction force of the form $f^N(q)=\pm\frac{q}{|q|^3}$ and $N$-dependent cut-off at $|q|>N^{-\frac{5}{12}+σ}$ where $σ>0$ can be chosen arbitrarily small. This cut-off size is much smaller than the typical distance to the nearest neighbour. In particular, for typical initial data, we show convergence of the Newtonian trajectories to the characteristics of the Vlasov-Poisson system. The proof is based on a Gronwall estimate for the maximal distance between the exact microscopic dynamics and the approximate mean-field dynamics. Thus our result leads to a derivation of the Vlasov-Poisson equation from the microscopic $N$-particle dynamics with force term arbitrary close to the physically relevant Coulomb force.
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spellingShingle On the mean-field limit for the Vlasov-Poisson system
Feistl-Held, Manuela
Pickl, Peter
Mathematical Physics
Dynamical Systems
Classical Physics
70-10, 82Dxx
G.3
We present a probabilistic proof of the mean-field limit and propagation of chaos of a classical N-particle system in three dimensions with Coulomb interaction force of the form $f^N(q)=\pm\frac{q}{|q|^3}$ and $N$-dependent cut-off at $|q|>N^{-\frac{5}{12}+σ}$ where $σ>0$ can be chosen arbitrarily small. This cut-off size is much smaller than the typical distance to the nearest neighbour. In particular, for typical initial data, we show convergence of the Newtonian trajectories to the characteristics of the Vlasov-Poisson system. The proof is based on a Gronwall estimate for the maximal distance between the exact microscopic dynamics and the approximate mean-field dynamics. Thus our result leads to a derivation of the Vlasov-Poisson equation from the microscopic $N$-particle dynamics with force term arbitrary close to the physically relevant Coulomb force.
title On the mean-field limit for the Vlasov-Poisson system
topic Mathematical Physics
Dynamical Systems
Classical Physics
70-10, 82Dxx
G.3
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01471