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A class of nonlocal parabolic problems occurring in statistical mechanics

Piotr Biler, Tadeusz Nadzieja (1993)

Colloquium Mathematicae

We consider parabolic equations with nonlocal coefficients obtained from the Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equations with potentials. This class of equations includes the classical Debye system from electrochemistry as well as an evolution model of self-attracting clusters under friction and fluctuations. The local in time existence of solutions to these equations (with no-flux boundary conditions) and properties of stationary solutions are studied.

A Coherent Derivation of an Average Ion Model Including the Evolution of Correlations Between Different Shells

Daniel Bouche, Alain Decoster, Laurent Desvillettes, Valeria Ricci (2013)

MathematicS In Action

We propose in this short note a method enabling to write in a systematic way a set of refined equations for average ion models in which correlations between populations are taken into account, starting from a microscopic model for the evolution of the electronic configuration probabilities. Numerical simulations illustrating the improvements with respect to standard average ion models are presented at the end of the paper.

A kinetic equation for granular media

Dario Benedetto, Emanuele Caglioti, Mario Pulvirenti (2010)

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

In this short note we correct a conceptual error in the heuristic derivation of a kinetic equation used for the description of a one-dimensional granular medium in the so called quasi-elastic limit, presented by the same authors in reference[1]. The equation we derived is however correct so that, the rigorous analysis on this equation, which constituted the main purpose of that paper, remains unchanged.

A model of a radially symmetric cloud of self-attracting particles

Tadeusz Nadzieja (1995)

Applicationes Mathematicae

We consider a parabolic equation which describes the gravitational interaction of particles. Existence of solutions and their convergence to stationary states are studied.

Asymptotic self-similar blow-up for a model of aggregation

Ignacio Guerra (2004)

Banach Center Publications

In this article we consider a system of equations that describes a class of mass-conserving aggregation phenomena, including gravitational collapse and bacterial chemotaxis. In spatial dimensions strictly larger than two, and under the assumptions of radial symmetry, it is known that this system has at least two stable mechanisms of singularity formation (see e.g. M. P. Brenner et al. 1999, Nonlinearity 12, 1071-1098); one type is self-similar, and may be viewed as a trade-off between diffusion...