SCATTERING AND ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONS TO THE VLASOV-POISSON SYSTEM IN HIGH DIMENSION

We consider the repulsive Vlasov-Poisson system in dimension d \geq 4. A condition on the decay rate of the associated electric field is presented that guarantees the scattering and determination of the complete asymptotic behavior of large data solutions as t - oo. More specifically, we show that under this condition the spatial average of the particle distribution function converges, and we establish the precise asymptotic profiles of the electric field and macroscopic densities. An L\infty scattering result for the particle distribution function along the associated trajectories of free transport is also proved. Finally, we construct small data solutions that display this asymptotic behavior. These solutions do not require smallness of lif0li\infty or derivatives, as only a condition on integrated moments of the distribution function is imposed.