Modulated energy estimates for singular kernels and their applications to asymptotic analyses for kinetic equations

Abstract

In this paper, we provide modulated interaction energy estimates for the kernel $K(x) = |x|^{-\alpha}$ with $\alpha \in (0,d)$, and its applications to quantified asymptotic analyses for kinetic equations. The proof relies on a dimension extension argument for an elliptic operator and its commutator estimates. For the applications, we first discuss the quantified small inertia limit of kinetic equation with singular nonlocal interactions. The aggregation equations with singular interaction kernels are rigorously derived. We also study the rigorous quantified hydrodynamic limit of the kinetic equation to derive the isothermal Euler or pressureless Euler system with the nonlocal singular interactions forces.