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Stability and instability of small BGK waves

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: The aim of this article is to prove that the linear stability or instability of small Bernstein-Green-Kruskal (BGK) waves is determined by the sign of the derivative of their energy distributions at $0$ energy.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2601.10030

Authors: Bian, Dongfen, Grenier, Emmanuel, Huang, Wenrui, Pausader, Benoit

Topic: Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems

Subfield: Mathematical Physics

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Awards: G3027710743, Asymptotic Problems on Kinetic and Dispersive Equations, G7141152377

OpenAlex ID: W7124421181

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