Solving Landau equation for some soft potentials through a probabilistic approach

Citation
Guérin, Hélène, Solving Landau equation for some soft potentials through a probabilistic approach, Annals of applied probability , 13(2), 2003, pp. 515-539
ISSN journal
10505164
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
2003
Pages
515 - 539
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
This article deals with a way to solve the spatially homogeneous Landau equation using probabilistic tools. Thanks to the study of a nonlinear stochastic differential equation driven by a space-time white noise, we state the existence of a measure solution of the Landau equation with probability measure initial data, for a generalization of the Maxwellian molecules case. Then, by approximation of the Landau coefficients, the first result helps us to state the existence of a measure solution for some soft potentials [..(.1,0)]. This second part is based on the use of nonlinear stochastic differential equations and some martingale problems.