Diffusive Limit of the Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann System without Angular Cutoff

Abstract

Diffusive limit of the Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system without angular cutoff in the framework of perturbation around global Maxwellian still remains open. By employing the weighted energy method with a newly introduced weight function $w_l(\hat{I}\pm ,{\hat{I}}^2)$ and some novel treatments, we solve this problem for the full range of non-cutoff potentials ${\hat{I}}^3>-3$ and $0<s<1$. Uniform estimate with respect to the Knudsen number $\epsilon \in (0,1]$ is established globally in time, which eventually leads to the global existence of solutions to the Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system without angular cutoff for the full range of non-cutoff potentials and hydrodynamic limit to the two-fluid incompressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier-Poisson system with Ohm's law. As a byproduct, this approach also extends the global existence results of previous studies on the Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system without angular cutoff to the full range of non-cutoff potentials ${\hat{I}}^3>-3$ and $0<s<1$.

60 pages