Convergence of the Dirac–Maxwell System to the Vlasov–Poisson System

Nobert J. Mauser, Sigmund Selberg
2007 Communications in Partial Differential Equations  
We study the behavior of solutions of the (mixed state) Dirac-Maxwell system in the simultaneous non-relativistic and semi-classical limits, i.e., as the speed of light c tends to infinity and the Planck constanth tends to zero. Under a constraint of the form where M is a sufficiently large integer, and with suitable conditions on the initial data, we prove that the scalar Wigner transform of the Dirac spinors converges weakly to a solution of the classical Vlasov-Poisson system. Our key
more » ... ue is a blend of null form bilinear estimates with the machinery of the Wigner transform.
doi:10.1080/03605300600635046 fatcat:sdk65puv2nfg3pbsoslmsjuntu