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On semi-classical limit of spatially homogeneous quantum Boltzmann equation: weak convergence

Analysis of PDEs 2021-07-28 v3

Abstract

It is expected in physics that the homogeneous quantum Boltzmann equation with Fermi-Dirac or Bose-Einstein statistics and with Maxwell-Boltzmann operator (neglecting effect of the statistics) for the weak coupled gases will converge to the homogeneous Fokker-Planck-Landau equation as the Planck constant \hbar tends to zero. In this paper and the upcoming work \cite{HLP2}, we will provide a mathematical justification on this semi-classical limit. Key ingredients into the proofs are the new framework to catch the {\it weak projection gradient}, which is motivated by Villani \cite{V1} to identify the HH-solution for Fokker-Planck-Landau equation, and the symmetric structure inside the cubic terms of the collision operators.

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@article{arxiv.2010.01529,
  title  = {On semi-classical limit of spatially homogeneous quantum Boltzmann equation: weak convergence},
  author = {Ling-Bing He and Xuguang Lu and Mario Pulvirenti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.01529},
  year   = {2021}
}

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57 pages with an Appendix