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We consider a classical system of point particles interacting by means of a short range potential. We prove that, in the low--density (Boltzmann--Grad) limit, the system behaves, for short times, as predicted by the associated Boltzmann…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-11-28 Mario Pulvirenti , Chiara Saffirio , Sergio Simonella

We prove the unique existence and exponential decay of global in time classical solutions to the special relativistic Boltzmann equation without any angular cut-off assumptions with initial perturbations in some weighted Sobolev spaces. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-19 Jin Woo Jang

In this paper a spectral-Lagrangian method for the Boltzmann equation for a multi-energy level gas is proposed. Internal energy levels are treated as separate species and inelastic collisions (leading to internal energy excitation and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-05 Alessandro Munafo , Jeffrey R. Haack , Irene M. Gamba , Thierry E. Magin

In this paper, we study a particular class of solutions to the Rayleigh--Boltzmann equation, known in the nonlinear setting as \emph{homoenergetic solutions}. These solutions take the form $ g(x, v, t) = f(v - L(t)x, t),$ where the matrix…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Nicola Miele , Alessia Nota , Juan J. L. Velázquez

For different models of the electron-phonon interaction, the asymptotic behaviour of the moments of the stationary homogeneous solution of the linear Boltzmann equation is determined in the limit of a high external field. For…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 C. Dalitz

This paper presents smoothed combined field integral equations for the solution of Dirichlet and Neumann exterior Helmholtz problems. The integral equations introduced in this paper are smooth in the sense that they only involve…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-16 Carlos Pérez-Arancibia

We prove a linear inequality between the entropy and entropy dissipation functionals for the linear Boltzmann operator (with a Maxwellian equilibrium background). This provides a positive answer to the analogue of Cercignani's conjecture…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-13 Marzia Bisi , José A. Cañizo , Bertrand Lods

In this paper we study a class of solutions of the Boltzmann equation which have the form $f\left( x,v,t\right) =g\left( v-L\left( t\right) x,t\right) $ where $L\left( t\right) =A\left( I+tA\right) ^{-1}$ with the matrix $A$ describing a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Richard D. James , Alessia Nota , Juan J. L. Velázquez

We prove global existence of smooth solutions near Maxwellians for the non-cutoff Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system in the weakly collisional regime. To address the weak dissipation of the non-cutoff linearized Boltzmann operator, we develop…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Yuanjie Lei , Shuangqian Liu , Qinghua Xiao , Huijiang Zhao

Regularity and singularity of the solutions according to the shape of domains is a challenging research theme in the Boltzmann theory (\cite{Kim11,GKTT1}). In this paper, we prove an H\"older regularity in $C^{0,\frac{1}{2}-}_{x,v}$ for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-20 Chanwoo Kim , Donghyun Lee

In this paper, we are interested in the Cauchy problem for the Boltzmann-BGK model for a general class of collision frequencies. We prove that the Boltzmann-BGK model linearized around a global Maxwellian admits a unique global smooth…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Seok-Bae Yun

Spectral methods, thanks to the high accuracy and the possibility to use fast algorithms, represent an effective way to approximate the Boltzmann collision operator. On the other hand, the loss of some local invariants leads to the wrong…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-12 Lorenzo Pareschi , Thomas Rey

The linearized Boltzmann collision operator is fundamental in many studies of the Boltzmann equation and its main properties are of substantial importance. The decomposition into a sum of a positive multiplication operator, the collision…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-14 Niclas Bernhoff

We consider the non-cutoff Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann (VPB) system of two species with soft potential in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^3$ when an initial data is near Maxwellian. Continuing the work Deng [Comm. Math. Phys. 387, 1603-1654…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-08 Dingqun Deng

In this paper, we continue our study of the Boltzmann equation by use of tools originating from the analysis of dispersive equations in quantum dynamics. Specifically, we focus on properties of solutions to the Boltzmann equation with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-12 Thomas Chen , Ryan Denlinger , Natasa Pavlovic

Coulomb collisions in plasmas are typically modeled using the Boltzmann collision operator, or its variants, which apply to weakly magnetized plasmas in which the typical gyroradius of particles significantly exceeds the Debye length.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-11-04 Louis Jose , Scott D. Baalrud

We investigate the long time behavior of a system of viscoelastic particles modeled with the homogeneous Boltzmann equation. We prove the existence of a universal Maxwellian intermediate asymptotic state and explicit the rate of convergence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-16 Ricardo J. Alonso , Bertrand Lods

We derive $C^\infty$ a priori estimates for solutions of the inhomogeneous Boltzmann equation without cut-off, conditional to point-wise bounds on their mass, energy and entropy densities. We also establish decay estimates for large…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-05 Cyril Imbert , Luis Silvestre

We provide the first quantitative result of convergence to equilibrium in the context of the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann-Fermi-Dirac equation associated to hard potentials interactions under angular cut-off assumption, providing an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-13 Thomas Borsoni , Bertrand Lods

Homo-energetic solutions to the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation have been extensively studied, but their global stability in the inhomogeneous setting remains challenging due to unbounded energy growth under self-similar scaling…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-18 Renjun Duan , Shuangqian Liu , Shunlin Shen