We prove a scattering result near certain steady states for a Hartree equation for a random field. This equation describes the evolution of a system of infinitely many particles. It is an analogous formulation of the usual Hartree equation for density matrices. We treat dimensions 2 and 3, extending our previous result. We reach a large class of interaction potentials, which includes the nonlinear Schrodinger equation. This result has an incidence in the density matrices framework. The proof relies on dispersive techniques used for the study of scattering for the nonlinear Schrodinger equation, and on the use of explicit low frequency cancellations as in the work of Lewin and Sabin. To relate to density matrices, we use Strichartz estimates for orthonormal systems from Frank and Sabin, and Leibniz rules for integral operators.
We consider the nonlinear Hartree equation for an interacting gas containing infinitely many particles and we investigate the large-time stability of the stationary states of the form $f(-Δ)$, describing an homogeneous Fermi gas. Under suitable assumptions on the interaction potential and on the momentum distribution $f$, we prove that the stationary state is asymptotically stable in dimension 2. More precisely, for any initial datum which is a small perturbation of $f(-Δ)$ in a Schatten space, the system weakly converges to the stationary state for large times.
For neutral and positively charged atoms and molecules, we prove the existence of infinitely many Hartree-Fock critical points below the first energy threshold (that is, the lowest energy of the same system with one electron removed). This is the equivalent, in Hartree-Fock theory, of the famous Zhislin-Sigalov theorem which states the existence of infinitely many eigenvalues below the bottom of the essential spectrum of the $N$-particle linear Schr{ö}dinger operator. Our result improves a theorem of Lions in 1987 who already constructed infinitely many Hartree-Fock critical points, but with m…
We show local and global well-posedness results for the Hartree equation $$i\partial_tγ=[-Δ+w*ρ_γ,γ],$$ where $γ$ is a bounded self-adjoint operator on $L^2(\R^d)$, $ρ_γ(x)=γ(x,x)$ and $w$ is a smooth short-range interaction potential. The initial datum $γ(0)$ is assumed to be a perturbation of a translation-invariant state $γ_f=f(-Δ)$ which describes a quantum system with an infinite number of particles, such as the Fermi sea at zero temperature, or the Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein gases at positive temperature. Global well-posedness follows from the conservation of the relative (free) energ…
We are concerned with global steady subsonic flows through general infinitely long nozzles for the full Euler equations. The problem is formulated as a boundary value problem in the unbounded domain for a nonlinear elliptic equation of second order in terms of the stream function. It is established that, when the oscillation of the entropy and Bernoulli functions at the upstream is sufficiently small in $C^{1,1}$ and the mass flux is in a suitable regime, there exists a unique global subsonic solution in a suitable class of general nozzles. The assumptions are required to prevent from the occu…
We establish the existence and uniqueness of smooth solutions with large vorticity and weak solutions with vortex sheets/entropy waves for the steady Euler equations for both compressible and incompressible fluids in arbitrary infinitely long nozzles. We first develop a new approach to establish the existence of smooth solutions without assumptions on the sign of the second derivatives of the horizontal velocity, or the Bernoulli and entropy functions, at the inlet for the smooth case. Then the existence for the smooth case can be applied to construct approximate solutions to establish the exi…
We consider the two-dimensional Vlasov-Poisson system to model a two-component plasma whose distribution function is constant with respect to the third space dimension. First, we show how this two-dimensional Vlasov-Poisson system can be derived from the full three-dimensional system. The existence of compactly supported steady states with vanishing electric potential in a three-dimensional setting has already been investigated by A. L. Skubachevskii [15]. We show that his approach can easily be adapted to the two-dimensional system. However, our main result is to prove the existence of compac…
We consider the Hartree equation for infinitely many electrons with a constant external magnetic field. For the system, we show a local well-posedness result when the initial data is the pertubation of a Fermi sea, which is a non-trace class stationary solution to the system. In this case, the one particle Hamiltonian is the Pauli operator, which possesses distinct properties from the Laplace operator, for example, it has a discrete spectrum and infinite-dimensional eigenspaces. The new ingredient is that we use the Fourier-Wigner transform and the asymptotic properties of associated Laguerre …
Infinitely many multi-peaks solutions for a nonlinear Hartree system
College of Mathematics and Information Sciences & Center for Applied Mathematics of Guangxi (Guangxi University)(广西大学数学与信息科学学院及应用数学广西中心);School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University(武汉轻工大学数学与计算机学院)
In this paper, we study the global existence of steady subsonic Euler flows through infinitely long nozzles which are periodic in $x_1$ direction with the period $L$. It is shown that when the variation of Bernoulli function at some given section is small and mass flux is in a suitable regime, there exists a unique global subsonic flow in the nozzle. Furthermore, the flow is also periodic in $x_1$ direction with the period $L$. If, in particular, the Bernoulli function is a constant, we also get the existence of subsonic-sonic flows when the mass flux takes the critical value.
In this paper, we investigate the Leray problem for steady Navier-Stokes system under full slip boundary conditions in a two dimensional channel with straight outlets. The existence of solutions with arbitrary flux in a general channel with slip boundary conditions is established, which tend to the shear flows at far fields. Furthermore, if the flux is suitably small, the solutions are proved to be unique. One of the crucial ingredients is to construct an appropriate flux carrier and to show a Hardy type inequality for flows with full slip boundary conditions.
Steady Euler flows with contact discontinuities in infinitely long nozzles with general upstream data
College of Science, China Three Gorges University(三峡大学理学院);School of Mathematical Sciences, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University(江西科技师范大学数学与统计学院)
We consider a Hartree equation for a random variable, which describes the temporal evolution of infinitely many Fermions. On the Euclidean space, this equation possesses equilibria which are not localised. We show their stability through a scattering result, with respect to localised perturbations in the defocusing case in high dimensions $d\geq 4$. This provides an analogue of the results of Lewin and Sabin \cite{LS2}, and of Chen, Hong and Pavlović \cite{CHP2} for the Hartree equation on operators. The proof relies on dispersive techniques used for the study of scattering for the nonlinear S…
In this paper, we study the global existence of steady subsonic Euler flows through infinitely long nozzles without the assumption of irrotationality. It is shown that when the variation of Bernoulli's function in the upstream is sufficiently small and mass flux is in a suitable regime with an upper critical value, then there exists a unique global subsonic solution in a suitable class for a general variable nozzle. One of the main difficulties for the general steady Euler flows, the governing equations are a mixed elliptic-hyperbolic system even for uniformly subsonic flows. A key point in ou…
A compactness framework is formulated for the incompressible limit of approximate solutions with weak uniform bounds with respect to the adiabatic exponent for the steady Euler equations for compressible fluids in any dimension. One of our main observations is that the compactness can be achieved by using only natural weak estimates for the mass conservation and the vorticity. Another observation is that the incompressibility of the limit for the homentropic Euler flow is directly from the continuity equation, while the incompresibility of the limit for the full Euler flow is from a combinatio…
The time evolution of a collisionless plasma is modeled by the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system which couples the Vlasov equation (the transport equation) with the Maxwell equations of electrodynamics. In this work, the setting is two and one-half dimensional, that is, the distribution functions of the particles species are independent of the third space dimension. We consider the case that the plasma is located in an infinitely long cylinder and is influenced by an external magnetic field. We prove existence of stationary solutions and give conditions on the external magnetic field under wh…
In this paper, uniqueness and uniform structural stability of Poiseuille flows in an infinitely long pipe with Navier boundary conditions are established for axisymmetric solutions of steady Navier-Stokes system. The crucial point is that the estimate is uniform with respect both the flux of flows and slip coefficient which appeared in Navier boundary conditions. With the aid of special structure of Navier-Stokes system and the refined estimate for some quantities such as radial velocity, the uniqueness and existence of steady solutions of Navier-Stokes system can be obtained even when the ext…
The time evolution of a two-component collisionless plasma is modeled by the Vlasov-Poisson system. In this work, the setting is two and one-half dimensional, that is, the distribution functions of the particles species are independent of the third space dimension. We consider the case that an external magnetic field is present in order to confine the plasma in a given infinitely long cylinder. After discussing global well-posedness of the corresponding Cauchy problem, we construct stationary solutions which indeed have support away from their confinement device. Then, in the main part of this…
We show that the Euler system of gas dynamics in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d=2,3$, with positive far field density and arbitrary far field entropy, admits infinitely many steady solutions with compactly supported velocity. The same proof yields a similar result for the incompressible Euler system with variable density. In particular, these are examples of global in time smooth (non-trivial) solutions for the corresponding time-dependent systems.
We prove the existence of a subsonic axisymmetric weak solution $({\bf u},ρ,p)$ with ${\bf u}=u_x{\bf e}_x+u_r{\bf e}_r+u_θ{\bf e}_θ$ to steady Euler system in a three-dimensional infinitely long cylinder $\mathcal{N}$ when prescribing the values of the entropy $(=\frac{p}{ρ^γ})$ and angular momentum density $(=ru_θ)$ at the entrance by piecewise $C^2$ functions with a discontinuity on a curve on the entrance of $\mathcal{N}$. Due to the variable entropy and angular momentum density (=swirl) conditions with a discontinuity at the entrance, the corresponding solution has a nonzero vorticity, no…
This is a study of two-dimensional steady periodic travelling waves on the surface of an infinitely deep irrotational ocean, when the top streamline is in contact with a membrane which has a nonlinear response to stretching and bending, and the pressure in the air above is constant. It is not supposed that the waves have small amplitude. The problem of existence of such waves is addressed using methods from the calculus of variations. The analysis involves the Hilbert transform and a Riemann-Hilbert formulation.
The existence of weak solutions to the stationary Navier-Stokes equations in the whole plane $\mathbb{R}^2$ is proven. This particular geometry was the only case left open since the work of Leray in 1933. The reason is that due to the absence of boundaries the local behavior of the solutions cannot be controlled by the enstrophy in two dimensions. We overcome this difficulty by constructing approximate weak solutions having a prescribed mean velocity on some given bounded set. As a corollary, we obtain infinitely many weak solutions in $\mathbb{R}^2$ parameterized by this mean velocity, which …
A compactness framework is established for approximate solutions to subsonic-sonic flows governed by the steady full Euler equations for compressible fluids in arbitrary dimension. The existing compactness frameworks for the two-dimensional irrotational case do not directly apply for the steady full Euler equations in higher dimensions. The new compactness framework we develop applies for both non-homentropic and rotational flows. One of our main observations is that the compactness can be achieved by using only natural weak estimates for the mass balance and the vorticity, along with the Bern…
We consider a nonlocal aggregation equation with degenerate diffusion, which describes the mean-field limit of interacting particles driven by nonlocal interactions and localized repulsion. When the interaction potential is attractive, it is previously known that all steady states must be radially decreasing up to a translation, but uniqueness (for a given mass) within the radial class was open, except for some special interaction potentials. For general attractive potentials, we show that the uniqueness/non-uniqueness criteria are determined by the power of the degenerate diffusion, with the …
We study the McKean-Vlasov equation \[ \partial_t \varrho= β^{-1} Δ\varrho + κ\nabla \cdot (\varrho \nabla (W \star \varrho)) \, , \] with periodic boundary conditions on the torus. We first study the global asymptotic stability of the homogeneous steady state. We then focus our attention on the stationary system, and prove the existence of nontrivial solutions branching from the homogeneous steady state, through possibly infinitely many bifurcations, under appropriate assumptions on the interaction potential. We also provide sufficient conditions for the existence of continuous and discontinu…
This article describes the use of algebraic methods in a phase plane analysis of ordinary differential equations. The method is illustrated by the study of capillary-gravity steady surface waves propagating in shallow water. We consider the (fully nonlinear, weakly dispersive) Serre-Green-Naghdi equations with surface tension, because it provides a tractable model that, in the same time, is not too simple so the interest of the method can be emphasised. In particular, we analyse a special class of solutions, the solitary waves, which play an important role in many fields of Physics. In capilla…
In this paper we prove the nonlinear orbital stability of a large class of steady states solutions to the Hamiltonian Mean Field (HMF) system with a Poisson interaction potential. These steady states are obtained as minimizers of an energy functional under one, two or infinitely many constraints. The singularity of the Poisson potential prevents from a direct run of the general strategy in [20, 16] which was based on generalized rearrangement techniques, and which has been recently extended to the case of the usual (smooth) cosine potential [17]. Our strategy is rather based on variational tec…
Steady-State Phase Transition States and Large-Time Asymptotics for the Cauchy Problem of Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations with van der Waals Equation of State
College of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology(北京化工大学数学与物理学院);School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen(香港中文大学(深圳)理工学院)
研究含van der Waals状态方程的可压缩Navier-Stokes系统Cauchy问题,通过变分法与人工粘性正则化构造两相稳态解,证明其在亚临界温度下对允许大间断的小扰动具有渐近稳定性。
We are interested in studying the stationary solutions and phase transitions of aggregation equations with degenerate diffusion of porous medium-type, with exponent $1 < m < \infty$. We first prove the existence of possibly infinitely many bifurcations from the spatially homogeneous steady state. We then focus our attention on the associated free energy proving existence of minimisers and even uniqueness for sufficiently weak interactions. In the absence of uniqueness, we show that the system exhibits phase transitions: we classify values of $m$ and interaction potentials $W$ for which these p…