Rigorous derivation of the Landau equation in the weak coupling limit
Rigorous derivation of the Landau equation in the weak coupling limit
We examine a family of microscopic models of plasmas, with a parameter $\alpha$ comparing the typical distance between collisions to the strength of the grazing collisions. These microscopic models converge in distribution, in the weak coupling limit, to a velocity diffusion described by the linear Landau equation (also known as …