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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 review the derivation of the Boltzmann equation and its cosmological applications in this paper. The derivation of the Boltzmann equation, especially the collision term, is discussed in detail in the language of the quantum field theory…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-02 Seishi Enomoto , Yu-Hang Su , Man-Zhu Zheng , Hong-Hao Zhang

The Boltzmann equation describes the evolution of the phase-space probability distribution of classical particles under binary collisions. Approximations to it underlie the basis for several scholarly fields, including aerodynamics and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 George J. Wilkie , Torsten Keßler , Sergej Rjasanow

We prove that the Fisher information is monotone decreasing in time along solutions of the space-homogeneous Boltzmann equation for a large class of collision kernels covering all classical interactions derived from systems of particles.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Cyril Imbert , Luis Silvestre , Cédric Villani

Inconsistencies are pointed out in the usual quantum versions of the classical linear Boltzmann equation constructed for a quantized test particle in a gas. These are related to the incorrect formal treatment of momentum decoherence. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Lajos Diosi

This is a continuation of our series of works for the inhomogeneous Boltzmann equation. We study qualitative properties of classical solutions, precisely, the full regularization in all variables, uniqueness, non-negativity and convergence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Radjesvarane Alexandre , Yoshinori Morimoto , Seiji Ukai , Chao-Jiang Xu , Tong Yang

We consider a modified Boltzmann equation which contains, together with the collision operator, an additional drift term that is characterized by a matrix A. Furthermore, we consider a Maxwell gas, where the collision kernel has an angular…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Bernhard Kepka

This paper proves the existence of weak solutions to the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation for Maxwellian molecules, when the initial data are chosen from the space of all Borel probability measures on R^3 with finite second moments…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-06-24 Emanuele Dolera

This paper investigates the well-posedness of the inhomogeneous Boltzmann and Landau equations in critical function spaces, a fundamental open problem in kinetic theory. We develop a new analytical framework to establish local…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-19 Ke Chen , Quoc-Hung Nguyen , Tong Yang

In this paper we consider a modified quantum Boltzmann equation with the quantum effect measured by a continuous parameter $\delta$ that can decrease from $\delta=1$ for the Fermi-Dirac particles to $\delta=0$ for the classical particles.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-25 Zongguang Li

We study local existence for the Boltzmann equation near a global Maxwellian.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-07 Koya Nishimura

In this contribution, we address the numerical solutions of high-order asymptotic equivalent partial differential equations with the results of a lattice Boltzmann scheme for an inhomogeneous advection problem in one spatial dimension. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Bruce M Boghosian , François Dubois , Pierre Lallemand

This paper is concerned with the existence, shape and dynamical stability of infinite-energy equilibria for a general class of spatially homogeneous kinetic equations in space dimensions $d \geq 3$. Our results cover in particular…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-30 Federico Bassetti , Lucia Ladelli , Daniel Matthes

In rotationally symmetric domains, the Boltzmann equation with specular reflection boundary condition has a special type of equilibrium states called the rotational local Maxwellian which, unlike the uniform Maxwellian, has an additional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-10-04 Chanwoo Kim , Seok-Bae Yun

We show from first principles the emergence of classical Boltzmann equations from relativistic nonequilibrium quantum field theory as described by the Kadanoff-Baym equations. Our method applies to a generic quantum field, coupled to a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-12-20 Marco Drewes , Sebastian Mendizabal , Christoph Weniger

The paper is concerned with the spatially homogeneous isotropic Boltzmann equation for Bose-Einstein particles with quantum collision kernel where the interaction potential $\phi({\bf x})$ can be approximately written as the delta function…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Shuzhe Cai

In this paper, we study spatially homogeneous solutions of the Boltzmann equation in special relativity and in Robertson-Walker spacetimes. We obtain an analogue of the Povzner inequality in the relativistic case and use it to prove global…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-01-03 Ho Lee , Alan D. Rendall

A quantum linear Boltzmann equation is proposed, constructed in terms of the operator-valued dynamic structure factor of the macroscopic system the test particle is interacting with. Due to this operator structure it is a non-Abelian linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Bassano Vacchini

A deterministic method is proposed for solving the Boltzmann equation. The method employs a Galerkin discretization of the velocity space and adopts, as trial and test functions, the collocation basis functions based on weights and roots of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-11-19 Gian Pietro Ghiroldi , Livio Gibelli

In this work we consider the classical non-linear Boltzmann equation, where the unknown is the distribution function $f$, which depends on the time $t$, the vector $\mathbf{x}$ (the position of a molecule) and its velocity $\mathbf{\xi}$.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-11-29 Armando Majorana