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The stationary Boltzmann equation for hard and soft forces in the context of a two component gas is considered in the slab when the molecular masses of the 2 component are different. An $L^{1}$ existence theorem is proved when one component…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-08 Stéphane Brull

Experimental and theoretical results about entropy limits for macroscopic and single-particle systems are reviewed. It is clarified when it is possible to speak about a quantum of entropy, given by the Boltzmann constant k, and about a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-06 Uwe Hohm , Christoph Schiller

We prove a strong/weak stability estimate for the 3D homogeneous Boltzmann equation with moderately soft potentials ($\gamma\in(-1,0)$) using the Wasserstein distance with quadratic cost. This in particular implies the uniqueness in the…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-05-31 Liping Xu

We consider a non-interacting one-dimensional gas accelerated by a constant and uniform external field. The energy absorbed from the field is transferred via elastic collisions to a bath of scattering obstacles. At gas-obstacle encounters…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jaroslaw Piasecki , Rodrigo Soto

Using special capacitors our experiments discovered that the ground state K, Rb or Cs atom is polar atom with a large permanent electric dipole moment (EDM) of the order of eao (ao is Bohr radius) as excited state of hydrogen atom. But we…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-01-12 Pei-Lin You

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 employ a lattice Boltzmann method to compute the acoustic radiation force produced by standing waves on a compressible object. Instead of simulating the fluid mechanics equations directly, the proposed method uses a lattice Boltzmann…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-08-15 E. Castro-Avila , P. Malgaretti , J. Harting , J. D. Muñoz

In this work, the authors present a simplified method for determining proton pressure, based on concepts from statistical mechanics, quantum chromodynamics - specifically asymptotic freedom of quarks - and other well-established physical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-28 Julliana Marinho Paszko , Mauro Rogério Cosentino

The linear stability analysis of the Boltzmann kinetic equation has recently garnered research interest due to its potential applications in space exploration, where rarefaction effects can render the Navier Stokes equations invalid. Since…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-08-05 Lei Wu

In this article, we present a detailed asymptotic analysis of the lattice Boltzmann method with two different collision mechanisms of BGK-type on the D2Q9-lattice for generalized Newtonian fluids. Unlike that based on the Chapman-Enskog…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-10-01 Zai-Bao Yang , Wen-An Yong

We derive a fluctuating lattice Boltzmann method for the diffusion equation. The derivation removes several shortcomings of previous derivations for fluctuating lattice Boltzmann methods for hydrodynamic systems. The comparative simplicity…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-05-15 Alexander J. Wagner , Kyle Strand

The pressure for the Imperfect (Mean Field) Boson gas can be derived in several ways. The aim of the present note is to provide a new method based on the Approximating Hamiltonian argument which is extremely simple and very general.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joseph V. Pule , Valentin A. Zagrebnov

The development of accurate and fast algorithms for the Boltzmann collision integral and their analysis represent a challenging problem in scientific computing and numerical analysis. Recently, several works were devoted to the derivation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-02-02 Francis Filbet , Clément Mouhot

In this paper, we study the Boltzmann equation in a close to the hydrodynamic limit regime, set in bounded spatial domains with non-isothermal Maxwell boundary conditions. We establish the existence, uniqueness, and asymptotic stability of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-16 R Medina

In this paper, computations of transient, incompressible, turbulent, plane jets using the discrete lattice BGK Boltzmann equation are reported. A priori derivation of the discrete lattice BGK Boltzmann equation with a spatially and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kannan N. Premnath , John Abraham

The stability of Lattice Boltzmann Equations modelling Shallow Water Equations in the special case of reduced gravity is investigated theoretically. A stability notion is defined as applied in incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-06 Mapundi K. Banda , Tumelo R. A. Uoane

In this study a new numerical approach of the fluid dynamic, the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), is used to solved the stream in a atmospheric Argon-nitrogen plasma jet. The axial symmetry and the variation of density, viscosity and…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-02-17 Ridha Djebeli , Nicolas Calve , Bernard Pateyron , Mohamed El Ganaoui , Habib Sammouda

In this work, the uncertainties in the dielectric constants of polar liquids, computed using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, are compared for two different calculations schemes. Expressions of the uncertainty are derived for the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-11-28 Hernán R. Sánchez

A numerical algorithm for the implementation of anisotropic distributions in the frame of the relativistic Boltzmann equation is presented. The implementation relies on the expansion of the Romatschke-Strickland distribution with respect to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-02-06 Victor E. Ambrus , Calin Guga-Rosian

In this paper, we consider the Boltzmann equation for a polyatomic gas. We establish that the mild solution to the Boltzmann equation on the torus is globally well-posed, provided the initial data that satisfy bounded velocity-weighted…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-23 Gyounghun Ko , Sung-jun Son