Free energy and solutions of the vlasov-poisson-fokker-planck system: External potential and confinement (large time behavior and steady states)

Journal des Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-157

  Dolbeault, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

A priori estimates; Confinement; Entropy; Fokker planck equation; Free energy; Kinetic equations; Long time asymptotics; Poisson equation; Poisson boltzmann emden equation; Renormalized solutions; Stationary solutions; Steady states; Vlasov equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074708     PISSN: 00217824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-7824(01)80006-4     Document Type: Article

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