Stability and singular limits in plasma physics

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Mikaela Iacobelli, ETH Zurich/IAS

In this talk, we will present two kinetic models that are used to describe the evolution of charged particles in plasmas: the Vlasov-Poisson system and the Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons. 

These systems model respectively the evolution of electrons, and ions in a plasma. We will discuss the well-posedness of these systems, the stability of solutions, and their behavior under singular limits. 

Finally, we will introduce a new class of Wasserstein-type distances specifically designed to tackle stability questions for kinetic equations.