The non-relativistic limit of the Vlasov–Maxwell system with uniform macroscopic bounds

Abstract

We study in this paper the non-relativistic limit from Vlasov-Maxwell to Vlasov-Poisson, which corresponds to the regime where the speed of light is large compared to the typical velocities of particles. In contrast with \cite{Asano-Ukai-86-SMA}, \cite{Degond-86-MMAS}, \cite{Schaeffer-86-CMP} which handle the case of classical solutions, we consider measure-valued solutions, whose moments and electromagnetic fields are assumed to satisfy some uniform bounds. To this end, we use a functional inspired by the one introduced by Loeper in his proof of uniqueness for the Vlasov-Poisson system \cite{Loeper-2006}. We also build a special class of measure-valued solutions, that enjoy no higher regularity with respect to the momentum variable, but whose moments and electromagnetic fields satisfy all required conditions to enter our framework.