Simone Calogero

Global weak solutions to the Nordström–Vlasov system

DIFTA 2004–09–16

Abstract: The Nordstrom–Vlasov system is a Lorentz invariant model for a self-gravitating collisionless gas. We establish suitable a priori bounds on the solutions of this system, which together with energy estimates and the smoothing effect of "momentum averaging" yield the existence of global weak solutions to the corresponding initial value problem.

This is joint work with Gerhard Rein.