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We provide an exact analytical solution to the nonlinear relativistic Boltzmann equation for a homogeneous, anisotropically scattering massless gas. Utilizing a BKW-like trial solution, we cast the Boltzmann equation into a set of nonlinear…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-08 Jin Hu

In this paper we obtain an analytical solution of the relativistic Boltzmann equation under the relaxation time approximation that describes the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of a radially expanding massless gas. This solution is found by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-01-06 Jorge Noronha , Gabriel S. Denicol

Relativistic field equations for a gas in special and general relativity are determined from the Boltzmann equation. The constitutive equations are obtained from the Chapman-Enskog methodology applied to a relativistic model equation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-05 Gilberto M. Kremer

We present new analytic solutions to the relativistic Boltzmann equation within the relaxation time approximation. We first obtain spherically expanding solutions which are the kinetic counterparts of the exact solutions of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-22 Yoshitaka Hatta , Mauricio Martinez , Bo-Wen Xiao

Analytical solutions to the microscopic Boltzmann equation are useful in testing the applicability and accuracy of macroscopic hydrodynamic theory. In this work, we present exact solutions of the relativistic Boltzmann equation, based on a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-15 Shile Chen , Shuzhe Shi

The dissipative dynamics of an expanding massless gas with constant cross section in a spatially flat Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) universe is studied. The mathematical problem of solving the full nonlinear relativistic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-12-14 D. Bazow , G. S. Denicol , U. Heinz , M. Martinez , J. Noronha

Within the framework of the homogeneous non-linear Boltzmann equation, we present a new analytic method, without the intrinsic limitations of existing methods, for obtaining asymptotic solutions. This method permits extension of existing…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. H. Ernst , E. Trizac , A. Barrat

The numerical solutions of the nonrelativistic and relativistic Boltzmann equations have been studied at various initial conditions. Particularly, the known analytical solution of the nonrelativistic Boltzmann equation at spherically…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 N. S. Amelin , R. Lednicky , L. V. Malinina , T. A. Pocheptsov , Yu. M. Sinyukov

We consider a class of nonlinear Boltzmann equations describing return to thermal equilibrium in a gas of colliding particles suspended in a thermal medium. We study solutions in the space $L^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{3}\times \mathbb{T}^3).$ Special…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-28 Juerg Froehlich , Zhou Gang

A simplified relativistic kinetic theory for gases with internal degrees of freedom, based on a BGK-type collision term, is considered. First the Boltzmann equation is rewritten in tetrad form and then thermal coefficients are determined to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-13 Philip Semrén , Michael Bradley , João M. S. Oliveira , M. Piedade Machado Ramos

We study the Boltzmann equation for a space-homogeneous gas of inelastic hard spheres, with a diffusive term representing a random background forcing. Under the assumption that the initial datum is a nonnegative $L^2$ function, with bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-10 Irene M. Gamba , Vladislav Panferov , Cedric Villani

We obtain finite-time existence for the massless Boltzmann equation, with a range of soft cross-sections, in an FLRW background with data given at the initial singularity. In the case of positive cosmological constant we obtain long-time…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-29 Ho Lee , Ernesto Nungesser , Paul Tod

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

This paper is devoted to the study of the dynamics of charged particles in a weakly inhomogeneous dilute gas. More precisely, we consider the existence of unique global in time classical solutions for the Vlasov-MaxwellBoltzmann system and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-05-08 Seok-Bae Yun

We present a novel method to solve the spatially homogeneous and isotropic relativistic Boltzmann equation. We employ a basis set of orthogonal polynomials dynamically adapted to allow for emergence of chemical non-equilibrium. Two time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Jeremiah Birrell , Jon Wilkening , Johann Rafelski

This Thesis concentrates on the analysis of coupled RTA (relaxation time approximation) kinetic equations for bosons and fermions. Bosons are treated as massless particles, while fermions have a finite mass. Using analytic and numerical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-07-04 Ewa Maksymiuk

We solve the one-dimensional boost-invariant kinetic equation for a relativistic massive system with the collision term treated in the relaxation time approximation. The result is an exact integral equation which can be solved numerically…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-05-22 Wojciech Florkowski , Ewa Maksymiuk , Radoslaw Ryblewski , Michael Strickland

Dynamics of inelastic gases are studied within the framework of random collision processes. The corresponding Boltzmann equation with uniform collision rates is solved analytically for gases, impurities, and mixtures. Generally, the energy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Ben-Naim , P. L. Krapivsky

The Boltzmann equation is essential for gas thermodynamics,as it models how the molecular density distribution $F(t,x,v)$ changes over time. However, existing research primarily focuses on the single species Boltzmann equation, while…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-30 Gaofeng Wang , Weike Wang , Tianfang Wu

In the article correct method for the kinetic Boltzmann equation asymptotic solution is formulated, the Hilbert's and Enskog's methods are discussed. The equations system of multicomponent non-equilibrium gas dynamics is derived, that…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-03-27 S. A. Serov , S. S. Serova
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