Quasi-stationary states and incomplete violent relaxation in systems with long-range interactions
arXiv:cond-mat/0509726 · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.006
Abstract
We discuss the nature of quasi-stationary states (QSS) with non-Boltzmannian distribution in systems with long-range interactions in relation with a process of incomplete violent relaxation based on the Vlasov equation. We discuss several attempts to characterize these QSS and explain why their prediction is difficult in general.
Talk given at the 3rd NEXT-Sigma-Phi Conference, Crete, Aug.2005, 10 pages