Classical and Quantum Mechanical Models of Many-Particle Systems

  • Eric A. Carlen

    Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA
  • Klemens Fellner

    Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
  • Isabelle Gallagher

    Université Paris Diderot (Paris VII), France
  • Pierre Emmanuel Jabin

    University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Abstract

The collective behaviour of many-particle systems is a common denominator in the challenges of a highly diverse range of applications: from classical problems in Physics (gas dynamics e.g. Boltzmann’s equation, plasma dynamics e.g. various Vlasov equations, semiconductors, quantum mechanics) to current models in biology (kinetic models for collective interaction e.g. swarming, evolution of trait-structured species) to rising topics in social sciences (opinion formation, crowding phenomena) and economics (wealth distribution, mean-field games).

Key mathematical questions concern the analysis (global-in-time wellposedness, regularity), rigorous scaling resp. macroscospic limits (model reduction from many-particle models to mean-field/mesoscopic descriptions to macroscopic evolutions), efficient and asymptotic preserving numerical methods and qualitative results (e.g. large-time equilibration).

Cite this article

Eric A. Carlen, Klemens Fellner, Isabelle Gallagher, Pierre Emmanuel Jabin, Classical and Quantum Mechanical Models of Many-Particle Systems. Oberwolfach Rep. 17 (2020), no. 4, pp. 1857–1902

DOI 10.4171/OWR/2020/38