On the dynamics of charged particles in an incompressible flow: From kinetic-fluid to fluid–fluid models

Abstract

In this paper, we are interested in the dynamics of charged particles interacting with the incompressible viscous flow. More precisely, we consider the Vlasov–Poisson or Vlasov–Poisson–Fokker–Planck equation coupled with the incompressible Navier–Stokes system through the drag force. For the proposed kinetic-fluid model, we study the asymptotic regime corresponding to strong local alignment and diffusion forces. Under suitable assumptions on well-prepared initial data, we rigorously derive a coupled isothermal/ pressureless Euler–Poisson system and incompressible Navier–Stokes system (EPNS system). For this hydrodynamic limit, we employ the modulated kinetic, internal, interaction energy estimates. We also construct a global-in-time strong solvability for the isothermal/ pressureless EPNS system. In particular, this global-in-time solvability gives the estimates of hydrodynamic limit hold for all times.