On the mean field limit for Brownian particles with Coulomb interaction in 3D

In this paper, we consider the mean field limit of Brownian particles with Coulomb repulsion in 3D space using compactness. Using a symmetrization technique, we are able to control the singularity and prove that the limit measure almost surely is a weak solution to the limiting nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation. Moreover, by proving that the energy almost surely is bounded by the initial energy, we improve the regularity of the weak solutions. By a natural assumption, we also establish the weak-strong uniqueness principle, which is closely related to the propagation of chaos.

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Author Jian-Guo Liu Physics