Quasi-stationary states for particle systems in the mean-field limit

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-263

  Caglioti, E ^a   Rousset, F ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Long time estimates; Metastability; N particle systems; Vlasov equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348909572     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-007-9390-1     Document Type: Article

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