scholarly journals Cosmological solutions of the Vlasov-Einstein system with spherical, plane, and hyperbolic symmetry

1996 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 739-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Rein
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Existence Result ◽  
Local Existence ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Initial Value ◽  
Small Initial Data ◽  
Phase Space Distribution ◽  
Spacetime Singularity ◽  
Cosmological Solutions

AbstractThe Vlasov-Einstein system describes a self-gravitating, collisionless gas within the framework of general relativity. We investigate the initial value problem in a cosmological setting with spherical, plane, or hyperbolic symmetry and prove that for small initial data solutions exist up to a spacetime singularity which is a curvature and a crushing singularity. An important tool in the analysis is a local existence result with a continuation criterion saying that solutions can be extended as long as the momenta in the support of the phase-space distribution of the matter remain bounded.

scholarly journals LOCAL EXISTENCE AND CONTINUATION CRITERIA FOR SOLUTIONS OF THE EINSTEIN–VLASOV-SCALAR FIELD SYSTEM WITH SURFACE SYMMETRY

2004 ◽  
Vol 01 (04) ◽  
pp. 691-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. TEGANKONG ◽  
N. NOUTCHEGUEME ◽  
A. D. RENDALL
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Wave Equations ◽  
Existence Result ◽  
General Theorem ◽  
Local Existence ◽  
Field System ◽  
Cosmological Solutions ◽  
Time Existence ◽  
Global Existence Result

We prove in the cases of spherical, plane and hyperbolic symmetry a local in time existence theorem and continuation criteria for cosmological solutions of the Einstein–Vlasov-scalar field system, with the sources generated by a distribution function and a scalar field, subject to the Vlasov and wave equations respectively. This system describes the evolution of self-gravitating collisionless matter and scalar waves within the context of general relativity. In the case where the only source is a scalar field it is shown that a global existence result can be deduced from the general theorem.

A one-dimensional self-gravitating stellar gas

1966 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 46-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lecar
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Phase Space Distribution ◽  
Dimensional Phase Space ◽  
The Mean

“Dynamical mixing”, i.e. relaxation of a stellar phase space distribution through interaction with the mean gravitational field, is numerically investigated for a one-dimensional self-gravitating stellar gas. Qualitative results are presented in the form of a motion picture of the flow of phase points (representing homogeneous slabs of stars) in two-dimensional phase space.

Simulation study of Landau damping near the persisting to arrested transition

2017 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander J. Klimas ◽  
Adolfo F. Viñas ◽  
Jaime A. Araneda
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Simulation Study ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Landau Damping ◽  
Field Mode ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
Phase Space Distribution ◽  
Saturation Stage ◽  
First Time

A one-dimensional electrostatic filtered Vlasov–Poisson simulation study is discussed. The transition from persisting to arrested Landau damping that is produced by increasing the strength of a sinusoidal perturbation on a background Vlasov–Poisson equilibrium is explored. Emphasis is placed on observed features of the electron phase-space distribution when the perturbation strength is near the transition value. A single ubiquitous waveform is found perturbing the space-averaged phase-space distribution at almost any time in all of the simulations; the sole exception is the saturation stage that can occur at the end of the arrested damping scenario. This waveform contains relatively strong, very narrow structures in velocity bracketing $\pm v_{\text{res}}$ – the velocities at which electrons must move to traverse the dominant field mode wavelength in one of its oscillation periods – and propagating with $\pm v_{\text{res}}$ respectively. Local streams of electrons are found in these structures crossing the resonant velocities from low speed to high speed during Landau damping and from high speed to low speed during Landau growth. At the arrest time, when the field strength is briefly constant, these streams vanish. It is conjectured that the expected transfer of energy between electrons and field during Landau growth or damping has been visualized for the first time. No evidence is found in the phase-space distribution to support recent well-established discoveries of a second-order phase transition in the electric field evolution. While trapping is known to play a role for larger perturbation strengths, it is shown that trapping plays no role at any time in any of the simulations near the transition perturbation strength.

scholarly journals Dynamics of The Tranquil Cosmic Web

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (S308) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Adi Nusser
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Structure Formation ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Phase Space Distribution ◽  
Redshift Surveys ◽  
Data Analyses ◽  
Galaxy Redshift ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThe phase space distribution of matter out to ∼ 100 \rm Mpc is probed by two types of observational data: galaxy redshift surveys and peculiar motions of galaxies. Important information on the process of structure formation and deviations from standard gravity have been extracted from the accumulating data. The remarkably simple Zel'dovich approximation is the basis for much of our insight into the dynamics of structure formation and the development of data analyses methods. Progress in the methodology and some recent results is reviewed.

scholarly journals Wigner Distributions of Quark

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 1660055
Author(s):  
Asmita Mukherjee ◽  
Sreeraj Nair ◽  
Vikash Kumar Ojha
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Wigner Distribution ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Parton Distributions ◽  
Transverse Momentum Dependent ◽  
Phase Space Distribution ◽  
Generalized Parton Distributions ◽  
Wigner Distributions ◽  
Classical Phase Space

Wigner distribution functions are the quantum analogue of the classical phase space distribution and being quantum implies that they are not genuine phase space distribution and thus lack any probabilistic interpretation. Nevertheless, Wigner distributions are still interesting since they can be related to both generalized parton distributions (GPDs) and transverse momentum dependent parton distributions (TMDs) under some limit. We study the Wigner distribution of quarks and also the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of quarks in the dressed quark model.

scholarly journals Constraining cluster masses from the stacked phase space distribution at large radii

2019 ◽  
Vol 489 (1) ◽  
pp. 1344-1356
Author(s):  
Akinari Hamabata ◽  
Masamune Oguri ◽  
Takahiro Nishimichi
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
Mass Dependence ◽  
Mass Measurements ◽  
Phase Space Distribution ◽  
Dimensional Phase Space ◽  
Transverse Distance ◽  
Hubble Flow

Abstract Velocity dispersions have been employed as a method to measure masses of clusters. To complement this conventional method, we explore the possibility of constraining cluster masses from the stacked phase space distribution of galaxies at larger radii, where infall velocities are expected to have a sensitivity to cluster masses. First, we construct a two-component model of the three-dimensional phase space distribution of haloes surrounding clusters up to 50 $\, h^{-1}$ Mpc from cluster centres based on N-body simulations. We confirm that the three-dimensional phase space distribution shows a clear cluster mass dependence up to the largest scale examined. We then calculate the probability distribution function of pairwise line-of-sight velocities between clusters and haloes by projecting the three-dimensional phase space distribution along the line of sight with the effect of the Hubble flow. We find that this projected phase space distribution, which can directly be compared with observations, shows a complex mass dependence due to the interplay between infall velocities and the Hubble flow. Using this model, we estimate the accuracy of dynamical mass measurements from the projected phase space distribution at the transverse distance from cluster centres larger than $2\, h^{-1}$ Mpc. We estimate that, by using 1.5 × 105 spectroscopic galaxies, we can constrain the mean cluster masses with an accuracy of 14.5 per cent if we fully take account of the systematic error coming from the inaccuracy of our model. This can be improved down to 5.7 per cent by improving the accuracy of the model.

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