Global zero-relaxation limit of the non-isentropic Euler–Poisson system for ion dynamics

Abstract

This paper is concerned with smooth solutions of the non-isentropic Euler–Poisson system for ion dynamics. The system arises in the modeling of semi-conductor, in which appear one small parameter, the momentum relaxation time. When the initial data are near constant equilibrium states, with the help of uniform energy estimates and compactness arguments, we rigorously prove the convergence of the system for all time, as the relaxation time goes to zero. The limit system is the drift-diffusion system.