Some A priori estimates for the homogeneous Landau equation with soft potentials

Abstract

This paper deals with the derivation of some \'a priori estimates for the homogeneous Landau equation with soft potentials. Using the coercivity of the Landau operator for soft potentials, we prove a global estimate of weak solutions in $L^2$ space without any smallness assumption on the initial data for $ -2 < \gamma <0$. For the stronger case $ -3 \leq \gamma \leq -2$, which covers in particular the Coulomb case, we get such a global estimate, but in some weighted $L^2$ space and under a smallness assumption on initial data.