American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

June  2011, 4(2): 549-567. doi: 10.3934/krm.2011.4.549

Growth estimates and uniform decay for a collisionless plasma

 1 Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405 Orsay, France

Received  January 2011 Revised  February 2011 Published  April 2011

We consider the classical Vlasov-Poisson system in three space dimensions in the electrostatic case. For smooth solutions starting from compactly supported initial data, an estimate on velocities is derived, showing an upper bound with a growth rate no larger than $(t\ln t)^{6/25}$. As a consequence, a decay estimate is obtained for the electric field in the $L^\infty$ norm.
Citation: Christophe Pallard. Growth estimates and uniform decay for a collisionless plasma. Kinetic & Related Models, 2011, 4 (2) : 549-567. doi: 10.3934/krm.2011.4.549
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References:
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