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We give quantitative estimates on the asymptotics of the linearized Boltzmann collision operator and its associated equation from angular cutoff to non cutoff. On one hand, the results disclose the link between the hyperbolic property…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-01 Ling-Bing He , Yu-Long Zhou

In this article, we recall various existing kinetic models of non-reactive polyatomic gases. We also review the results, all recently obtained, about the compactness of the associated linearized Boltzmann operator, and briefly investigate…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-17 Niclas Bernhoff , Laurent Boudin , Milana Čolić , Bérénice Grec

We find exact solutions of the Einstein-Boltzmann equations with relaxational collision term in FRW and Bianchi I spacetimes. The kinematic and thermodynamic properties of the solutions are investigated. We give an exact expression for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Derik Wolvaardt , Roy Maartens

The dynamics of classical $\phi^4$ theory under weak and strong thermal gradients is studied. We obtain the thermal conductivity of the theory including its temperature dependence. Under moderately strong thermal gradients, the temperature…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Kenichiro Aoki , Dimitri Kusnezov

We calculate the one-loop effective potential at finite temperature for a system of massless scalar fields with quartic interaction $\lambda\phi^4$ in the framework of the boundary effective theory (BET) formalism. The calculation relies on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-30 A. Bessa , C. A. A. de Carvalho , E. S. Fraga , F. Gelis

Recently several works have appeared in the literature in which authors try to describe Freeze Out (FO) in energetic heavy ion collisions based on the Boltzmann Transport Equation (BTE). The aim of this work is to point out the limitations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 V. K. Magas , L. P. Csernai , E. Molnar , A. Nyiri , K. Tamosiunas

Generalising the work of Lenard and Bernstein, we introduce a new, fully relativistic model to describe collisional plasmas. Like the Fokker-Planck operator, this equation represents velocity diffusion and conserves particle number.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-10-23 Adam Noble , David Burton

Scalar field theory with an asymmetric potential is studied at zero temperature and high-temperature for phi^4 theory with both phi and phi^3 symmetry breaking. The equations of motion are solved numerically to obtain O(4) symmetric and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Hatem Widyan , A. Mukherjee , N. Panchapakesan , R. P. Saxena

The aim of the work is to provide a stable method to get sharp bounds for Boltzmann and Landau operators in weighted Sobolev spaces and in anisotropic spaces. All the sharp bounds are given for the original Boltzmann and Landau operators.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-18 Ling-Bing He

For a general class of linear collisional kinetic models in the torus, including in particular the linearized Boltzmann equation for hard spheres, the linearized Landau equation with hard and moderately soft potentials and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Clément Mouhot , Lukas Neumann

The non-equilibrium dynamics of electrons is of a great experimental and theoretical value providing important microscopic parameters of the Coulomb and electron-phonon interactions in metals and other cold plasmas. Because of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-11-19 V. V. Kabanov , A. S. Alexandrov

The freeze out of particles from a layer of finite thickness is discussed in a phenomenological kinetic model. The proposed model, based on the Modified Boltzman Transport Equation, is Lorentz invariant and can be applied equally well for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 V. K. Magas , L. P. Csernai , E. Molnar

The paper considers a linear system of Boltzmann transport equations modelling the evolution of three species of particles, photons, electrons and positrons. The system is coupled because of the collision term (an integral operator). The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-02 Jouko Tervo , Petri Kokkonen

The velocity-space moments of the often troublesome nonlinear Landau collision operator are expressed exactly in terms of multi-index Hermite-polynomial moments of the distribution functions. The collisional moments are shown to be…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 David Pfefferlé , Eero Hirvijoki , Manasvi Lingam

The Boltzmann equation framework for inelastic Maxwell models is considered to determine the transport coefficients associated with the mass, momentum and heat fluxes of a granular binary mixture in spatially inhomogeneous states close to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-11-13 Vicente Garzó , Emmanuel Trizac

A relativistic neutral scalar field is investigated on the basis of the Schwinger-Dyson equation in the non-equilibrium thermo field dynamics. A time evolution equation for a distribution function is obtained from a diagonalization…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-19 Yuichi Mizutani , Tomohiro Inagaki

We discuss the $\phi^4$ and $\phi^6$ theory defined in a flat $D$-dimensional space-time. We assume that the system is in equilibrium with a thermal bath at temperature $\beta^{-1}$. To obtain non-perturbative result, the $ 1/N $ expansion…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 G. N. J. Ananos , N. F. Svaiter

We present a novel framework for the development of fourth-order lattice Boltzmann schemes to tackle multidimensional nonlinear systems of conservation laws. As for other numerical schemes for hyperbolic problems, high-order accuracy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-11 Thomas Bellotti , Philippe Helluy , Laurent Navoret

In order to solve the Boltzmann equation numerically, in the present work, we propose a new model equation to approximate the Boltzmann equation without angular cutoff. Here the approximate equation incorporates Boltzmann collision operator…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-23 Ling-Bing He , Yulong Zhou

Direct Monte Carlo simulations of the Enskog-Boltzmann equation for a spatially uniform system of smooth inelastic spheres are performed. In order to reach a steady state, the particles are assumed to be under the action of an external…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 J. M. Montanero , A. Santos