Particles Interacting with a Vibrating Medium: Existence of Solutions and Convergence to the Vlasov-Poisson System

We are interested in a kinetic equation intended to describe the interaction of particles with their environment. The environment is modeled by a collection of local vibrational degrees of freedom. We establish the existence of weak solutions for a wide class of initial data and external forces. We also identify a relevant regime which allows us to derive, quite surprisingly, the attractive Vlasov--Poisson system from the coupled Vlasov wave equations.

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