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We construct a novel class of exact solutions to the Boltzmann equation, in both its classical and quantum formulation, for arbitrary collision laws. When the system is subjected to a specific external forcing, the precise form of which is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-19 D. Guéry-Odelin , J. G. Muga , M. J. Ruiz-Montero , E. Trizac

We propose an alternative method for one-dimensional continuum diffusion models with spatially variable (heterogeneous) diffusivity. Our method, which extends recent work on stochastic diffusion, assumes the constant-coefficient homogenized…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-12-18 Elliot J. Carr

Under the diffusion scaling and a scaling assumption on the microscopic component, a non-classical fluid dynamic system was derived in \cite{BGLY} that is related to the system of ghost effect derived in \cite{Sone-2} in different settings.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-12 Feimin Huang , Yi Wang , Yong Wang , Tong Yang

This paper develops and analyzes an efficient numerical method for solving elliptic partial differential equations, where the diffusion coefficients are random perturbations of deterministic diffusion coefficients. The method is based upon…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-30 X. Feng , J. Lin. , C. Lorton

We provide a both qualitative and quantitative comparison among different approaches aimed to solve the problem of non-linear diffusive acceleration of particles at shocks. In particular, we show that state-of-the-art models (numerical,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-17 D. Caprioli , Hyesung Kang , A. Vladimirov , T. W. Jones

We consider an advection-diffusion equation that is both non-coercive and advection-dominated. We present a possible numerical approach, to our best knowledge new, and based on the invariant measure associated to the original equation. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-14 Claude Le Bris , Frederic Legoll , Francois Madiot

We introduce a semi-implicit Milstein approximation scheme for some class of non-colliding particle systems modeled by systems of stochastic differential equations with non-constant diffusion coefficients. We show that the scheme converges…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-08-13 Hoang-Long Ngo , Duc-Trong Luong

The numerical approximation of an inverse problem subject to the convection--diffusion equation when diffusion dominates is studied. We derive Carleman estimates that are on a form suitable for use in numerical analysis and with explicit…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Erik Burman , Mihai Nechita , Lauri Oksanen

In this paper, explicit method of constructing approximations (the Triangle Entropy Method) is developed for nonequilibrium problems. This method enables one to treat any complicated nonlinear functionals that fit best the physics of a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 A. N. Gorban , I. V. Karlin

In the present work, we present a novel numerical algorithm to couple the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method (DSMC) for the solution of the Boltzmann equation with a finite volume like method for the solution of the Euler equations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-08 Pierre Degond , Giacomo Dimarco

The paper deals with the homogenization of a linear Boltzmann equation by the means of the sigma-convergence method. Under a general deterministic assumption on the coefficients of the equation, we prove that the density of the particles…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Patrick Fouegap , Rodrigue Kenne B. , Gabriel Nguetseng , David Dongo , Jean Louis Woukeng

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

We show that the widely used relaxation time approximation to the relativistic Boltzmann equation contains basic flaws, being incompatible with microscopic and macroscopic conservation laws. We propose a new approximation that fixes such…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-07-28 Gabriel S. Rocha , Gabriel S. Denicol , Jorge Noronha

In this paper, we present a sparse grid-based Monte Carlo method for solving high-dimensional semi-linear nonlocal diffusion equations with volume constraints. The nonlocal model is governed by a class of semi-linear partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Changtao Sheng , Bihao Su , Chenglong Xu

Recent advances have allowed to tackle path-space probabilistic representations of mesoscopic Boltzmann transport nonlinearly coupled to a sub-model of the force-field by step forward approaches in terms of continuous branching stochastic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Daniel Yaacoub , Stéphane Blanco , Richard Fournier , Gerjan Hagelaar

We present a framework for the solution of Boltzmann's equation in the swarm limit for arbitrary mass ratio, allowing for solutions of electron or ion transport. An arbitrary basis set can be used in the framework, which is achieved by…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-12-11 D. A. Konovalov , D. G. Cocks , R. D. White

Nonlinear integrable equations serve as a foundation for nonlinear dynamics, and fractional equations are well known in anomalous diffusion. We connect these two fields by presenting the discovery of a new class of integrable fractional…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2022-10-21 Mark J. Ablowitz , Joel B. Been , Lincoln D. Carr

A system of interacting Brownian particles subject to short-range repulsive potentials is considered. A continuum description in the form of a nonlinear diffusion equation is derived systematically in the dilute limit using the method of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-10-12 Maria Bruna , S. Jonathan Chapman , Martin Robinson

This paper is devoted to diffusion limits of linear Boltzmann equations. When the equilibrium distribution function is Maxwellian distribution, it is well known that for an appropriate time scale, the small mean free path limit gives rise…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-01-15 Antoine Mellet , Stéphane Mischler , Clément Mouhot

We introduce Monte Carlo methods to compute the solution of elliptic equations with pure Neumann boundary conditions. We first prove that the solution obtained by the stochastic representation has a zero mean value with respect to the…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-08-28 Sylvain Maire , Etienne Tanré