Kinetic theory of one-dimensional homogeneous long-range interacting systems sourced by 1 /N2 effects
Abstract
The long-term dynamics of long-range interacting N -body systems can generically be described by the Balescu-Lenard kinetic equation. However, for one-dimensional homogeneous systems, this collision operator exactly vanishes by symmetry. These systems undergo a kinetic blocking, and cannot relax as a whole under 1 /N resonant effects. As a result, these systems can only relax under 1 /N2 effects, and their relaxation is drastically slowed down. In the context of the homogeneous Hamiltonian mean field model, we present a closed and explicit kinetic equation describing self-consistently the very long-term evolution of such systems, in the limit where collective effects can be neglected, i.e., for dynamically hot initial conditions. We show in particular how that kinetic equation satisfies an H theorem that guarantees the unavoidable relaxation to the Boltzmann equilibrium distribution. Finally, we illustrate how that kinetic equation quantitatively matches with the measurements from direct N -body simulations.
- Publication:
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Physical Review E
- Pub Date:
- November 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.100.052142
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1907.07213
- Bibcode:
- 2019PhRvE.100e2142F
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
- E-Print:
- 15 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PRE