Bulletin of the
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Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 2018; 55(5): 1599-1619

Online first article September 10, 2018      Printed September 30, 2018

https://doi.org/10.4134/BKMS.b170949

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On classical solutions and the classical limit of the Vlasov-Darwin system

Xiuting Li, Jiamu Sun

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Abstract

In this paper we study the initial value problem of the non-relativistic Vlasov-Darwin system with generalized variables (VDG). We first prove local existence and uniqueness of a nonnegative classical solution to VDG in three space variables, and establish the blow-up criterion. Then we show that it converges to the well-known Vlasov-Poisson system when the light velocity $c$ tends to infinity in a pointwise sense.

Keywords: Vlasov-Darwin system, classical solution, global existence, limit

MSC numbers: Primary 35L60, 35Q83, 82D10, 85A05