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    Zero-electron-mass and quasi-neutral limits for bipolar Euler-Poisson systems

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    We consider a set of bipolar Euler-Poisson equations and study two asymptotic limiting processes. The first is the zero-electron-mass limit, which formally results in a non-linear adiabatic electron system. In a second step, we analyse the combined zero-electron-mass and quasi-neutral limits, which together lead to the compressible Euler equations. Using the relative energy method, we rigorously justify these limiting processes for weak solutions of the two-species Euler-Poisson equations that dissipate energy, as well as for strong solutions of the limit systems that are bounded away from vacuum. This justification is valid in the regime of initial data for which strong solutions exist. To deal with the electric potential, in the first case we use elliptic theory, whereas in the second case we employ the theory of Riesz potentials and properties of the Neumann function

    Numerical approximation of the Euler-Poisson-Boltzmann model in the quasineutral limit

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    This paper analyzes various schemes for the Euler-Poisson-Boltzmann (EPB) model of plasma physics. This model consists of the pressureless gas dynamics equations coupled with the Poisson equation and where the Boltzmann relation relates the potential to the electron density. If the quasi-neutral assumption is made, the Poisson equation is replaced by the constraint of zero local charge and the model reduces to the Isothermal Compressible Euler (ICE) model. We compare a numerical strategy based on the EPB model to a strategy using a reformulation (called REPB formulation). The REPB scheme captures the quasi-neutral limit more accurately
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