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most citedQuasineutral limit for Vlasov-Poisson via Wasserstein stability estimates in higher dimension

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32 papers

math.AP2026

Non-uniqueness for the forced one-dimensional Vlasov-Poisson equation

Mikaela Iacobelli

We prove non-uniqueness for the forced one-dimensional Vlasov-Poisson equation on the whole space. More precisely, for every finite , we construct a nonnegative ion density, smo…

math.MG2026

Quantization of measures in Carnot groups

Marco Di Marco, Mikaela Iacobelli

We study optimal quantization of probability measures on Carnot groups equipped with a left-invariant homogeneous distance. We prove two main results. First, we establish a Zador-t…

math.AP2026

Quasineutral Plasmas and the Geometry of Kinetic Stability

Mikaela Iacobelli

This article presents an overview of quasineutral limits in plasma models. Starting from the Vlasov-Poisson system, it explains the role of the Debye length, the emergence of a kin…

math.AP2025

Propagation of Velocity Moments for the Magnetized Vlasov-Poisson System with Space-Time Dependent Magnetic Fields

Immanuel Ben Porat, Antoine Gagnebin, Mikaela Iacobelli +1

We prove that polynomial velocity moments of solutions to the 2D magnetized Vlasov-Poisson system and the 3D magnetized screened Vlasov-Poisson equation remain finite for all times…

math.AP2025

Exponential convergence for ultrafast diffusion equations with log-concave weights

Max Fathi, Mikaela Iacobelli

We study the asymptotic behavior of a weighted ultrafast diffusion PDE on the real line, with a log-concave and log-lipschitz weight, and prove exponential convergence to equilibri…

math.AP2025

From relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell to electron-MHD in the quasineutral regime

Antoine Gagnebin, Mikaela Iacobelli, Alexandre Rege +1

We study the quasineutral limit for the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system in the framework of analytic regularity. Following the high regularity approach introduced by Grenier [44…

math.AP2024

On the stability of vacuum in the screened Vlasov-Poisson equation

Mikaela Iacobelli, Stefano Rossi, Klaus Widmayer

We study the asymptotic behavior of small data solutions to the screened Vlasov-Poisson equation on near vacuum. We show that for dimensions $d\geq…

math.AP2024

Scattering problem for Vlasov-type equations on the -dimensional torus with Gevrey data

Dario Benedetto, Emanuele Caglioti, Antoine Gagnebin +2

In this article, we consider Vlasov-type equations describing the evolution of single-species type plasmas, such as those composed of electrons (Vlasov-Poisson) or ions (screened V…

math.AP2024

Derivation of Yudovich solutions of Incompressible Euler from the Vlasov-Poisson system

Immanuel Ben Porat, Mikaela Iacobelli, Alexandre Rege

We derive the two dimensional incompressible Euler equation as a quasineutral limit of the Vlasov-Poisson equation using a modulated energy approach. We propose a strategy which en…

math.MG2024★ 2 cited

Asymptotic quantization on Riemannian manifolds via covering growth estimates

Ata Deniz Aydin, Mikaela Iacobelli

The quantization problem looks for best approximations of a probability measure on a given metric space by finitely many points, where the approximation error is measured with resp…

math.AP2024

Enhanced Stability in Quantum Optimal Transport Pseudometrics: From Hartree to Vlasov-Poisson

Mikaela Iacobelli, Laurent Lafleche

In this paper we establish almost-optimal stability estimates in quantum optimal transport pseudometrics for the semiclassical limit of the Hartree dynamics to the Vlasov-Poisson e…

math.AP2023

Stability in Quasineutral Plasmas with Thermalized Electrons

Megan Griffin-Pickering, Mikaela Iacobelli

We study the quasineutral limit for the ionic Vlasov-Poisson system with thermalized electrons (VPME) on the torus in dimensions one to three, for rough solutions with bounded spat…

math.AP2022

Stability estimates for the Vlasov-Poisson system in -kinetic Wasserstein distances

Mikaela Iacobelli, Jonathan Junné

We extend Loeper's -estimate relating the electric fields to the densities for the Vlasov-Poisson system to , with , based on the Helmholtz-Weyl decompos…

math.AP2022

Landau damping on the torus for the Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons

Antoine Gagnebin, Mikaela Iacobelli

This paper studies the nonlinear Landau damping on the torus for the Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons (VPME). We consider solutions with analytic or Gev…

math.AP2021★ 7 cited

Global well-posedness of Vlasov-Poisson-type systems in bounded domains

Ludovic Cesbron, Mikaela Iacobelli

In this paper we prove global existence of classical solutions to the Vlasov-Poisson and the ionic Vlasov-Poisson models in bounded domains. On the boundary, we consider the specul…

math.AP2021★ 11 cited

A new perspective on Wasserstein distances for kinetic problems

Mikaela Iacobelli

We introduce a new class of Wasserstein-type distances specifically designed to tackle questions concerning stability and convergence to equilibria for kinetic equations. Thanks to…

math.AP2020

Recent developments on quasineutral limits for Vlasov-type equations

Megan Griffin-Pickering, Mikaela Iacobelli

Kinetic equations of Vlasov type are in widespread use as models in plasma physics. A well known example is the Vlasov-Poisson system for collisionless, unmagnetised plasma. In the…

math.AP2020

From Newton's second law to Euler's equations of perfect fluids

Daniel Han-Kwan, Mikaela Iacobelli

Vlasov equations can be formally derived from N-body dynamics in the mean-field limit. In some suitable singular limits, they may themselves converge to fluid dynamics equations. M…

math.AP2020

Global strong solutions in for ionic Vlasov-Poisson systems

Megan Griffin-Pickering, Mikaela Iacobelli

Systems of Vlasov-Poisson type are kinetic models describing dilute plasma. The structure of the model differs according to whether it describes the electrons or positively charged…

math.AP2020

Recent developments on the well-posedness theory for Vlasov-type equations

Megan Griffin-Pickering, Mikaela Iacobelli

In these notes we summarise some recent developments on the existence and uniqueness theory for Vlasov-type equations, both on the torus and on the whole space.

math.AP2018

Singular Limits for Plasmas with Thermalised Electrons

Megan Griffin-Pickering, Mikaela Iacobelli

This work is concerned with the study of singular limits for the Vlasov-Poisson system in the case of massless electrons (VPME), which is a kinetic system modelling the ions in a p…

math.AP2018

Global well-posedness for the Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons in the 3-dimensional torus

Megan Griffin-Pickering, Mikaela Iacobelli

The Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons (VPME) is widely used in plasma physics to model the evolution of ions in a plasma. It differs from the Vlasov-Poisson system (VP)…

math.AP2018★ 12 cited

Weighted ultrafast diffusion equations: from well-posedness to long-time behaviour

Mikaela Iacobelli, Francesco Patacchini, Filippo Santambrogio

In this paper we devote our attention to a class of weighted ultrafast diffusion equations arising from the problem of quantisation for probability measures. These equations have a…

math.AP2017

A gradient flow perspective on the quantization problem

Mikaela Iacobelli

In this paper we review recent results by the author on the problem of quantization of measures. More precisely, we propose a dynamical approach, and we investigate it in dimension…