A mean field type flow
  We consider a gradient flow related to the mean field type equation. First, we show that this flow exists for all time. Next, we prove a compactness result for this flow allowing us to get, under suitable hypothesis on its energy, the convergence of the flow to a solution of the mean field type equation. We also get a divergence result if the energy of the initial data is largely negative. 
Jean-Baptiste Cast\'eras
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