We investigate the asymptotic damping of a perturbation around inhomogeneous
stable stationary states of the Vlasov equation in spatially multi-dimensional
systems. We show that branch singularities of the Fourier-Laplace transform of
the perturbation yield algebraic dampings. In two spatial dimensions, we
classify the singularities and compute the associated damping rate and
frequency. This 2D setting also applies to spherically symmetric
self-gravitating systems. We validate the theory using a toy model and an
advection equation associated with the isochrone model, a model of spherical
self-gravitating systems.Comment: 37 pages, 10 figure
