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Global analytic solutions of the semiconductor Boltzmann-Dirac-Benney equation with relaxation time approximation

Analysis of PDEs 2018-03-02 v1

Abstract

The global existence of a solution of the semiconductor Boltzmann-Dirac-Benney equation tf+ϵ(p)xfρf(x,t)pf=Fλ(p)fτ,xRd, pB, t>0 \partial_t f + \nabla\epsilon(p)\cdot\nabla_x f - \nabla \rho_f(x,t)\cdot\nabla_p f = \frac{\mathcal F_\lambda(p)-f}\tau, \quad x\in\mathbb{R}^d,\ p\in B, \ t>0 is shown for small τ>0\tau>0 assuming that the initial data are analytic and sufficiently close to Fλ\mathcal F_\lambda. This system contains an interaction potential ρf(x,t):=Bf(x,p,t)dp\rho_f(x,t):=\int_{B}f(x,p,t)dp being significantly more singular than the Coulomb potential, which causes major structural difficulties in the analysis. The semiconductor Boltzmann-Dirac-Benney equation is a model for ultracold atoms trapped in an optical lattice. Hence, the dispersion relation is given by ϵ(p)=i=1d\epsilon(p) = -\sum_{i=1}^d cos(2πpi)\cos(2\pi p_i), pB=Tdp\in B=\mathbb{T}^d due to the optical lattice and the Fermi-Dirac distribution Fλ(p)=1/(1+exp(λ0λ1ϵ(p)))\mathcal F_\lambda(p)=1/(1+\exp(-\lambda_0-\lambda_1\epsilon(p))) describes the equilibrium of ultracold fermionic clouds. This equation is closely related to the Vlasov-Dirac-Benney equation with ϵ(p)=p22\epsilon(p)=\frac{p^2}2, pB=Rdp\in B=\mathbb R^d and r.h.s.=0.=0, where the existence of a global solution is still an open problem. So far, only local existence and ill-posedness results were found for theses systems. The key technique is based of the ideas of Mouhot and Villani by using Gevrey-type norms which vary over time. The global existence result for small initial data is also shown for a far more general setting, namely tf+Lf=Q(f),\partial_t f + Lf=Q(f), where LL is a generator of an C0C^0-group with etLCeωt\|e^{tL}\|\leq Ce^{\omega t} for all tRt\in\mathbb R and ω>0\omega>0 and, where further additional analytic properties of LL and QQ are assumed.

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@article{arxiv.1803.00379,
  title  = {Global analytic solutions of the semiconductor Boltzmann-Dirac-Benney equation with relaxation time approximation},
  author = {Marcel Braukhoff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.00379},
  year   = {2018}
}