Hydrodynamic limit of rarefaction wave for the Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau system with Coulomb potential

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Authors: Guanghui Wang, Lingda Xu, Tong Yang, Mingying Zhong
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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the hydrodynamic limit of rarefaction wave for the two-species Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau(VML) system with Coulomb potential. We prove that for any given time interval, the solution of the Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau system with appropriate initial data converges to a rarefaction wave as the Knudsen number $ε$ approaches zero. The main difficulty in the analysis lies in the loss of dissipation in the interaction between the electromagnetic field and the microscopic component, and the weak dissipation induced by the Lorentz force and the scaling with small parameter $ε$. For this, we introduce a velocity weight function and a space-time scaling parameter together with suitable $ε$-dependent energy estimates.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Navier-Stokes equation solutions Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering

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Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
25 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint