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Small eigenvalues of the low temperature linear relaxation Boltzmann equation with a confining potential

Mathematical Physics 2015-05-05 v3 Analysis of PDEs math.MP Spectral Theory

Abstract

We study the linear relaxation Boltzmann equation, a simple semiclassical kinetic model. We provide a resolvent estimate for an associated non-selfadjoint operator as well as an estimate on the return to equilibrium. This is done using a scaling argument and non-semiclassical hypocoercive estimate.

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@article{arxiv.1410.8738,
  title  = {Small eigenvalues of the low temperature linear relaxation Boltzmann equation with a confining potential},
  author = {Virgile Robbe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.8738},
  year   = {2015}
}

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17 pages