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We derive the Boltzmann equation and the collision kernel for massive spin-1/2 particles, using the Wigner-function formalism and employing an expansion in powers of $\hbar$. The phase space is enlarged to include a variable related to the…
In this paper, we consider the spatially inhomogeneous diffusively driven inelastic Boltzmann equation in different cases: the restitution coefficient can be constant or can depend on the impact velocity (which is a more physically relevant…
We present a spectral Petrov-Galerkin method for the Boltzmann collision operator. We expand the density distribution $f$ to high order orthogonal polynomials multiplied by a Maxwellian. By that choice, we can approximate on the whole…
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 $\mathrm{SO}(3)$…
We provide a linear analysis on normal modes of the spin Boltzmann equation proposed in \cite{Weickgenannt:2021cuo}, where the non-diagonal or polarized part of the transition rate is neglected to ensure the Hermitian property of linearized…
We introduce a generalised relaxation-time-approximation form of the collision term in the Boltzmann kinetic equation that allows for using different relaxation times for elastic and inelastic collisions. The efficacy of the proposed…
The linear Boltzmann equation governs the absorption and scattering of a population of particles in a medium with an ambient field, represented by a Riemannian metric, where particles follow geodesics. In this paper, we study the possible…
In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for the relativistic Boltzmann equation with near vacuum initial data where the distribution function depends on the time, the position and the impulsion. The collision kernel considered here is…
The Boltzmann machine is one of the various applications using quantum annealer. We propose an application of the Boltzmann machine to the kernel matrix used in various machine-learning techniques. We focus on the fact that shift-invariant…
A variational approach is used to develop a robust numerical procedure for solving the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation. Following Maggs et al., we construct an appropriate constrained free energy functional, such that its…
We prove a linear inequality between the entropy and entropy dissipation functionals for the linear Boltzmann operator (with a Maxwellian equilibrium background). This provides a positive answer to the analogue of Cercignani's conjecture…
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:…
A simple method has been introduced to furnish the equilibrium solution of the Wigner equation for all order of the quantum correction. This process builds up a recursion relation involving the coefficients of the different power of the…
We introduce a ``two-particle factorization'' condition which allows us to formulate the homogeneous Boltzmann equation for non-reversible collision kernels in terms of an entropy inequality. This formulation yields an H-Theorem. We provide…
This paper proves the existence of weak solutions to the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation for Maxwellian molecules, when the initial data are chosen from the space of all Borel probability measures on R^3 with finite second moments…
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…
This study aims to discuss the existence and uniqueness of solution of fuzzy Volterra integral equation with piecewise continuous kernel. Such problems appears in many balance problems for hereditary dynamic systems, e.g. in electric load…
The Boltzmann equation without an angular cutoff is considered when the initial data is a small perturbation of a global Maxwellian with an algebraic decay in the velocity variable. A well-posedness theory in the perturbative framework is…
In this paper, we rigorously obtain all the equilibria of collision kernels of type "two particles give two particles" appearing in weak turbulence theory under very general assumptions, thus completing the "equality case" in Boltzmann's…
The paper considers existence results of solution for a linear coupled system of Boltzmann transport equations and related inverse problem. The system models the evolution of three species of particles, photons, electrons and positrons.…