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The linearized collision operator of the Boltzmann equation for single species can be written as a sum of a positive multiplication operator, the collision frequency, and a compact integral operator. This classical result has more recently,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-21 Niclas Bernhoff

In a recent paper we presented a new ultra efficient numerical method for solving kinetic equations of the Boltzmann type (G. Dimarco, R. Loubere, Towards an ultra efficient kinetic scheme. Part I: basics on the 689 BGK equation, J. Comp.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-12 Giacomo Dimarco , Raphaël Loubere

We introduce a fast Fourier spectral method for the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation with non-cutoff collision kernels. Such kernels contain non-integrable singularity in the deviation angle which arise in a wide range of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Jingwei Hu , Kunlun Qi

We present new results building on the conservative deterministic spectral method for the space homogeneous Boltzmann equation developed by Gamba and Tharkabhushaman. This approach is a two-step process that acts on the weak form of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-11-05 Irene M. Gamba , Jeffrey R. Haack

The linearized collision operator of the Boltzmann equation can in a natural way be written as a sum of a positive multiplication operator, the collision frequency, and an integral operator. Compactness of the integral operator for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-19 Niclas Bernhoff

We point out an equivalence between the discrete velocity method of solving the Boltzmann equation, of which the lattice Boltzmann equation method is a special example, and the approximations to the Boltzmann equation by a Hermite…

comp-gas · Physics 2020-10-06 Xiaowen Shan , Xiaoyi He

For the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation with hard po- tentials and Grad's cutoff (e.g. hard spheres), we give quantitative estimates of exponential convergence to equilibrium, and we show that the rate of exponential decay is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Clément Mouhot

We develop error estimates for the semi-discrete conservative spectral method for the approximation of the elastic and inelastic space homogeneous Boltzmann equation introduced by the authors in \cite{GT09}. In addition we study the long…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-21 Ricardo J. Alonso , Irene M. Gamba , Sri Harsha Tharkabhushanam

A new coercivity estimate on the spectral gap of the linearized Boltzmann collision operator for multiple species is proved. The assumptions on the collision kernels include hard and Maxwellian potentials under Grad's angular cut-off…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-11-13 Esther Sarah Daus , Ansgar Jüngel , Clément Mouhot , Nicola Zamponi

In this paper we present a new ultra efficient numerical method for solving kinetic equations. In this preliminary work, we present the scheme in the case of the BGK relaxation operator. The scheme, being based on a splitting technique…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Giacomo Dimarco , Raphaël Loubere

The quantitative information on the spectral gaps for the linearized Boltzmann operator is of primary importance on justifying the Boltzmann model and study of relaxation to equilibrium. This work, for the first time, provides numerical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-07-27 Chenglong Zhang , Irene M. Gamba

This research addresses the numerical simulation of the Boltzmann transport equation for semiconductor devices by proposing a multidimensional self-adaptive numerical simulation framework. This framework is applied to two important…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-22 Zeyu Zhang , Xiaoyu Zhang , Zhigang Song , Qing Fang

A semiconductor Boltzmann equation with a non-linear BGK-type collision operator is analyzed for a cloud of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice: \[ \partial_t f + \nabla_p\epsilon(p)\cdot\nabla_x f - \nabla_x n_f\cdot\nabla_p f = n_f(1-…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-22 Marcel Braukhoff

Partial differential equations (p.d.e) equipped of spatial derivatives of fractional order capture anomalous transport behaviors observed in diverse fields of Science. A number of numerical methods approximate their solutions in dimension…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-08-21 Alain Cartalade , Amina Younsi , Marie-Christine Néel

We reduce the eight-dimensional weak form of the bilinear Boltzmann collision operator to a five-dimensional kinematic core by rigidly rotating the laboratory frame to align with the colliding pair and integrating over the $\mathrm{SO}(3)$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-28 René R. Hiemstra , Torsten Keßler , Michael R. A. Abdelmalik

We consider a semiclassical linear Boltzmann model with a non local collision operator. We provide sharp spectral asymptotics for the small spectrum in the low temperature regime from which we deduce the rate of return to equilibrium as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-10 Thomas Normand

The kinetic Boltzmann equation models gas dynamics over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Simplified versions of the full Boltzmann collision operator, such as the classical Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook and the closely related…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-29 James A. Rossmanith , Preeti Sar

We introduce a structured approach to the construction of linear BGK-type collision operators ensuring that the resulting Lattice-Boltzmann methods are stable with respect to a weighted $L^2$-norm. The results hold for particular boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-07 Philipp Otte , Martin Frank

The transport of charged particles or photons in a scattering medium can be modelled with a Boltzmann equation. The mathematical treatment for scattering in such scenarios is often simplified if evaluated in a frame where the scattering…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Nils W. Schween , Brian Reville

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