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We present a concise derivation of the Boltzmann form for single-particle energy distributions in classical many-body Hamiltonian systems. The derivation relies on two physical facts: coarse-graining-scale invariance of the empirical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-26 Weicheng Fu , Yisen Wang , Yong Zhang , Hong Zhao

We present a new derivation of the conservative form of the general relativistic Boltzmann equation and specialize it to the 3+1 metric. The resulting transport equation is intended for use in simulations involving numerical relativity,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Christian Y. Cardall , Eirik Endeve , Anthony Mezzacappa

We consider a linear Boltzmann equation that arises in a model for quantum friction. It describes a particle that is slowed down by the emission of bosons. We study the stochastic process generated by this Boltzmann equation and we show…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-04-25 Roland Bauerschmidt , Wojciech de Roeck , Jürg Fröhlich

We describe an analysis of neutron transport in the interior of model pebble bed reactor (PBR) cores, considering both crystal and random pebble arrangements. Monte Carlo codes were developed for (i) generating random realizations of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-02-03 Richard Vasques , Edward W. Larsen

We formulate a new model for transport in stochastic media with long-range spatial correlations where exponential attenuation (controlling the propagation part of the transport) becomes power law. Direct transmission over optical distance…

Optics · Physics 2021-07-13 Anthony B. Davis , Feng Xu

This work presents a general thermodynamic approach to describe particle diffusion on a lattice, a model used to study transport processes in solids and on surfaces. By treating each lattice site as an open thermodynamic system, the effects…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-05 Matías A. Di Muro , Miguel Hoyuelos

A Boltzmann equation, used to describe the evolution of the density function of a gas of photons interacting by Compton scattering with electrons at low density and non relativistic equilibrium, is considered. A truncation of the very…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-05-22 E. Cortés , M. Escobedo

In this paper the Boltzmann transport equation for thermal processes induced by ultra-short laser pulses is formulated and solved. For thermal process where the duration of the laser pulse (femtoseconds - attoseconds) is shorter than the…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Marciak-Kozlowska , M. Kozlowski

We show that by integrating out the electric field and incorporating proper boundary conditions, a semiclassical Boltzmann equation can describe electron transport properties, continuously from the diffusive to ballistic regimes. General…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-25 H. Geng , W. Y. Deng , Y. J. Ren , L. Sheng , D. Y. Xing

The effect of non-Boltzmann energy distributions on the free propagation of shock waves through a monoatomic gas is investigated via theory and simulation. First, the non-Boltzmann heat capacity ratio $\gamma$, as a key property for…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-18 Malte Döntgen

Non-Gaussian diffusion was recently observed in gas mixtures with mass and fraction contrast [F. Nakai et al, Phys. Rev. E 107, 014605 (2023)]. The mean square displacement of a minor gas particle with a small mass is linear in time, while…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-02-14 Fumiaki Nakai , Takashi Uneyama

The semi-classical Bloch-Boltzmann theory is at the heart of our understanding of conduction in solids, ranging from metals to semi-conductors. Physical systems that are beyond the range of applicability of this theory are thus of…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-12-18 Didier Mayou , Guy Trambly De Laissardière

We show that, by correctly selecting the probability distribution function $p(s)$ for a particle's distance-to-collision, the nonclassical diffusion equation can be represented exactly by the nonclassical linear Boltzmann equation for an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-02-03 Richard Vasques

The Boltzmann kinetic equation is considered to compute the transport coefficients associated with the mass flux of intruders in a granular gas. Intruders and granular gas are immersed in a gas of elastic hard spheres (molecular gas). We…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-07 Rubén Gómez González , Vicente Garzó

The exact analytical description of non relativistic charge motion in general magnetic fields is, apparently, a simple problem but, it has not been solved up to now apart for rare cases. The key feature of the present derivation is to adopt…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Claudio Di Troia

In this paper, we study the polyatomic Boltzmann equation based on continuous internal energy, focusing on physically relevant collision kernels of the hard potentials type with integrable angular part. We establish three main results:…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Ricardo Alonso , Milana Čolić

Using a so-called hemispherical model we derive a general transport equation for cosmic ray and thermal particles scattered in pitch angle by magnetic inhomogeneities in a moving collisionless plasma. The weak scattering through 90 degrees…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. N. Zirakashvili

The fractional diffusion equation is rigorously derived as a scaling limit from a deterministic Rayleigh gas, where particles interact via short range potentials with support of size $\varepsilon$ and the background is distributed in space…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Karsten Matthies , Theodora Syntaka

A linear Boltzmann equation with nonautonomous collision operator is rigorously derived in the Boltzmann-Grad limit for the deterministic dynamics of a Rayleigh gas where a tagged particle is undergoing hard-sphere collisions with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-24 Karsten Matthies , George Stone

An analytical formula is derived for particle and energy densities of fermions and bosons, and their ballistic momentum and energy currents for anisotropic energy dispersions in generalized dimensions. The formulation considerably…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 Jashan Singhal , Debdeep Jena