The areas of my research are in the field of nonlinear partial
differential equations.
I have been primarily concerned with two different types of problems:
free boundary problems arising in the mathematical description of phase
transitions - the so called Stefan problem with surface tension -
and kinetic equations arising in the description of the dynamics of galaxies -
the so called Vlasov-Poisson and the relativstic Vlasov-Poisson system.
Research interests
Partial differential equations. Differential geometry. Mathematical problems in
phase transitions, kinetic theory and relativity theory.
A constraint variational problem arising in stellar dynamics.
Quart. Appl. Math. 65, 145-153 (2007) arXiv:math-ph/0603025v1
(with
Gerhard Rein )
Global existence and nonlinear stability for the relativistic
Vlasov-Poisson system in the gravitational case.
Indiana Univ. Math. J. 56, 2453-2488 (2007)
The original publication is available
here. arXiv:math-ph/0607012v1
(with
Yan Guo )
Stability in the Stefan problem with surface tension (I).
To appear in Commun. Partial Differential Eqns. arXiv:0801.1083v1