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In this paper we provide a rigorous derivation of the inelastic linear Boltzmann equation, in the Boltzmann-Grad limit, from a dissipative, random, Lorentz gas in arbitrary dimensions d $\geq$ 2. Specifically, we consider a microscopic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-06 Théophile Dolmaire , Alessia Nota

Lattice Boltzmann models provide better understanding with mesoscopic eyesight on multi-component diffusion than macroscopic models. Based on the kinetic theory and starting from the He-Luo model, the state-of-the-art multi-component…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-09-06 Ju'an Huang , Cheng Bao , Zeyi Jiang , Xinxin Zhang

In this paper, we study the diffusion approximation for singularly perturbed stochastic reaction-diffusion equation with a fast oscillating term. The asymptotic limit for the original system is obtained, where an extra Gaussian term…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-06-08 Longjie Xie , Li Yang

Many important properties of granular fluids can be represented by a system of hard spheres with inelastic collisions. Traditional methods of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics are effective for analysis and description of the inelastic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 James W. Dufty , J. Javier Brey , James Lutsko

Recently linear dissipative models of the Boltzmann equation have been introduced. In this work, we consider the problem of constructiing suitable hydrodynamic approximations for such models where the mean velocity and the temperature of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Stephane Brull , Lorenzo Pareschi

We describe conditions on non-gradient drift diffusion Fokker-Planck equations for its solutions to converge to equilibrium with a uniform exponential rate in Wasserstein distance. This asymptotic behaviour is related to a functional…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-09-19 François Bolley , Ivan Gentil , Arnaud Guillin

A recent solution of the inelastic Boltzmann equation that applies for strong dissipation and takes into account non-equipartition of energy is used to derive an explicit expression for the thermal diffusion factor. This parameter provides…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Vicente Garzo

A jump-diffusion process along with a particle scheme is devised as an accurate and efficient particle solution to the Boltzmann equation. The proposed process (hereafter Gamma-Boltzmann model) is devised to match the evolution of all…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 Fabian Mies , Mohsen Sadr , Manuel Torrilhon

The diffusion of tracer particles immersed in a granular gas under uniform shear flow (USF) is analyzed within the framework of the inelastic Boltzmann equation. Two different but complementary approaches are followed to achieve exact…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-01 David González Méndez , Vicente Garzó

We resolve a long standing question regarding the suitable effective diffusion coefficient of the spherically-symmetric transport equation, which is valid at long times. To that end, we generalize a transport solution in three dimensions…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-02-01 Shay I. Heizler , Menahem Krief , Michael Assaf

Although an intimate relation between entropy and diffusion has been advocated for many years and even seems to have been verified in theory and experiments, a quantitatively reliable study, and any derivation of an algebraic relation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-22 Subhajit Acharya , Biman Bagchi

We justify rigorously the equilibrium-diffusion limit of the model consists of a radiative transfer satisfied by the specific intensity of radiation coupled to a diffusion equation satisfied by the material temperature. For general initial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-28 Lei Li

In inhomogeneous environments, the correct expression of the diffusive flux is often not given by the Fick's law $\Gamma = - D \nabla n $. The most general hydrodynamic equation modelling diffusion is indeed the Fokker-Planck Equation…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-03-18 F. Sattin

This review is a kinetic theory study investigating the effects of inelasticity on the structure of the non-equilibrium states, in particular on the behavior of the velocity distribution in the high energy tails. Starting point is the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Brito , M. H. Ernst

Analytic solutions $F(v,t)$ of the nonlinear Boltzmann equation in $d$-dimensions are studied for a new class of dissipative models, called inelastic repulsive scatterers, interacting through pseudo-power law repulsions, characterized by a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. H. Ernst , R. Brito

The paper is a continuation of our previous work on the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation for Bose-Einstein particles with quantum collision kernel that includes the hard sphere model. Solutions $F_t$ under consideration that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-17 Shuzhe Cai , Xuguang Lu

The global-in-time existence of bounded weak solutions to the Maxwell-Stefan-Fourier equations in Fick-Onsager form is proved. The model consists of the mass balance equations for the partial mass densities and and the energy balance…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-02 Christoph Helmer , Ansgar Jüngel

The Fokker-Planck equation for a heavy particle in a granular fluid is derived from the Liouville equation. The host fluid is assumed to be in its homogeneous cooling state and all interactions are idealized as smooth, inelastic hard…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. W. Dufty , J. J. Brey

We investigate a convective Brinkman--Forchheimer problem coupled with a heat equation. The investigated model considers thermal diffusion and viscosity depending on the temperature. We prove the existence of a solution without restriction…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-21 Gilberto Campaña , Pablo Muñoz , Enrique Otarola

The linear response description for impurity diffusion in a granular fluid undergoing homogeneous cooling is developed in the preceeding paper. The formally exact Einstein and Green-Kubo expressions for the self-diffusion coefficient are…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 James Lutsko , J. Javier Brey , James W. Dufty