Hydrodynamic limit from kinetic models with massless electrons to the ionic Euler--Poisson system

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Hauptverfasser: Choi, Young-Pil, Koo, Dowan, Song, Sihyun
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author Choi, Young-Pil
Koo, Dowan
Song, Sihyun
author_facet Choi, Young-Pil
Koo, Dowan
Song, Sihyun
contents We study the derivation of ion dynamics, namely, the ionic Euler--Poisson system, from kinetic descriptions. The kinetic framework consists of the ionic Vlasov--Poisson equation coupled with either a nonlinear Fokker--Planck operator or a local alignment term. In both kinetic and fluid models, the massless electrons are assumed to be in thermodynamic equilibrium, leading to an electric potential governed by the Poisson--Boltzmann equation. The exponential nonlinearity in this semilinear elliptic problem creates significant mathematical difficulties, which we overcome by exploiting the physical structure of the system, in particular, the role of the electron velocity field hidden in the limiting equation. Our first main result establishes the hydrodynamic limit from the kinetic model to the ionic Euler--Poisson system, providing quantitative error estimates via the modulated energy method. As a second contribution, we prove the global-in-time existence of weak entropy solutions to the kinetic equations, ensuring consistency with the hydrodynamic limit framework.
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spellingShingle Hydrodynamic limit from kinetic models with massless electrons to the ionic Euler--Poisson system
Choi, Young-Pil
Koo, Dowan
Song, Sihyun
Analysis of PDEs
35Q35, 35B35
We study the derivation of ion dynamics, namely, the ionic Euler--Poisson system, from kinetic descriptions. The kinetic framework consists of the ionic Vlasov--Poisson equation coupled with either a nonlinear Fokker--Planck operator or a local alignment term. In both kinetic and fluid models, the massless electrons are assumed to be in thermodynamic equilibrium, leading to an electric potential governed by the Poisson--Boltzmann equation. The exponential nonlinearity in this semilinear elliptic problem creates significant mathematical difficulties, which we overcome by exploiting the physical structure of the system, in particular, the role of the electron velocity field hidden in the limiting equation. Our first main result establishes the hydrodynamic limit from the kinetic model to the ionic Euler--Poisson system, providing quantitative error estimates via the modulated energy method. As a second contribution, we prove the global-in-time existence of weak entropy solutions to the kinetic equations, ensuring consistency with the hydrodynamic limit framework.
title Hydrodynamic limit from kinetic models with massless electrons to the ionic Euler--Poisson system
topic Analysis of PDEs
35Q35, 35B35
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08482