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In this work, we deal with the Vlasov–Poisson system in smooth physical domains with specular boundary condition, under mild integrability assumptions, and \({d \ge 3}\). We show that the Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of the system are also equivalent in this context by extending the recent developments by Ambrosio, Colombo, and Figalli to our setting. In particular, assuming that the total energy is bounded, we prove the existence of renormalized solutions and we also show that they are transported by a weak notion of flow that allows velocity jumps at the boundary. Finally, we show that flows can be globally defined for d = 3, 4.
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The author would like to thank Alessio Figalli for his guidance, patience, and useful discussions on the topics of this paper. The author acknowledges support of the ERC grant “Regularity and Stability in Partial Differential Equations (RSPDE)”.
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Fernández-Real, X. The Lagrangian Structure of the Vlasov–Poisson System in Domains with Specular Reflection. Commun. Math. Phys. 364, 1327–1406 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-018-3242-5
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