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The Boltzmann equation is a fundamental equation in kinetic theory that describes the motion of rarefied gases. In this study, we examine the Boltzmann equation within a $C^1$ bounded domain, subject to a large external potential $\Phi(x)$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Jong-in Kim , Donghyun Lee

Higher regularity estimate has been a challenging question for the Boltzmann equation in bounded domains. Indeed, it is well-known to have "the non-existence of a second order derivative at the boundary" in [15] even for symmetric convex…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-29 Hongxu Chen , Chanwoo Kim

The initial-boundary value problem for the inhomogeneous non-cutoff Boltzmann equation is a challenging open problem. In this paper, we study the stability and long-time dynamics of the Boltzmann equation near a global Maxwellian without…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-28 Dingqun Deng

In the paper, we establish the existence of steady boundary layer solution of Boltzmann equation with specular boundary condition in $L^2_{x,v}\cap L^\infty_{x,v}$ in half-space. The uniqueness, continuity and exponential decay of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-18 Feimin Huang , Zaihong Jiang , Yong Wang

The formation and propagation of singularities for Boltzmann equation in bounded domains has been an important question in numerical studies as well as in theoretical studies. Consider the nonlinear Boltzmann solution near Maxwellians under…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Chanwoo Kim

This work deals with the Landau equation in a bounded domain with the Maxwell reflection condition on the boundary for any (possibly smoothly position dependent) accommodation coefficient and for the full range of interaction potentials,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-15 Kleber Carrapatoso , Stéphane Mischler

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 article, we study the stationary Boltzmann equation with the incoming boundary condition for the hard potential cases. Assuming the smallness of the domain and a suitable normal curvature condition on the boundary, we find a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-20 I-Kun Chen , Chun-Hsiung Hsia , Daisuke Kawagoe , Jhe-Kuan Su

We consider the Boltzmann equation with external fields in strictly convex domains with the specular reflection boundary condition. We construct classical $C^1$ solutions away from the grazing set under the assumption that the external…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-24 Yunbai Cao

The Boltzmann equation is a fundamental kinetic equation that describes the dynamics of dilute gas. In this paper we study the local well-posedness of the Boltzmann equation in bounded domain with the Cercignani-Lampis boundary condition,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-19 Hongxu Chen

The summational invariant and the corresponding local Maxwellian that are compatible with the Enskog equation are discussed, with special interest in the presence of a boundary. The local Maxwellian corresponding to the summational…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-12-07 Shigeru Takata , Aoto Takahashi

The relativistic Boltzmann equation in bounded domains has been widely used in physics and engineering, for example, Tokamak devices in fusion reactors.In spite of its importance, there has, to the best of our knowledge, been no…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-30 Yong Wang , Changguo Xiao

Regularity of the Boltzmann equation, particularly in the presence of physical boundary conditions, heavily relies on the geometry of the boundaries. In the case of non-convex domains with specular reflection boundary conditions, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Gayoung An , Donghyun Lee

The Boltzmann equation is a fundamental kinetic equation that describes the dynamics of dilute gas. In this paper we study the regularity of both dynamical and steady Boltzmann equation in strictly convex domain with the Cercignani-Lampis…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-24 Hongxu Chen

We prove the immediate appearance of an exponential lower bound, uniform in time and space, for continuous mild solutions to the full Boltzmann equation in a $C^2$ convex bounded domain with the physical Maxwellian diffusion boundary…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-08-07 Marc Briant

Consider the Boltzmann equation in a general non-convex domain with the diffuse boundary condition. We establish optimal BV estimates for such solutions. Our method consists of a new $W^{1,1}-$trace estimate for the diffuse boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-09-11 Yan Guo , Chanwoo Kim , Daniela Tonon , Ariane Trescases

In a general $C^1$ domain, we study the perturbative Cauchy theory for the Boltzmann equation with Maxwell boundary conditions with an accommodation coefficient $\alpha$ in $(\sqrt{2/3},1]$, and discuss this threshold. We consider…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-30 Marc Briant , Yan Guo

In this article, we study the continuous mild solutions to the Boltzmann equation in a bounded spatial domain, under either angular cutoff assumption or non-cutoff assumption. Without assuming convexity of the spatial domain, we establish a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Jhe-Kuan Su

The existence and stability of collisional kinetic equation, especially non-cutoff Boltzmann equation, in bounded domain with physical boundary condition is longstanding open problem. This work proves the global stability of the Landau…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-09 Dingqun Deng

When dilute charged particles are confined in a bounded domain, boundary effects are crucial in the global dynamics. We construct a unique global-in-time solution to the Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system in convex domains with the diffuse…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-08 Yunbai Cao , Chanwoo Kim , Donghyun Lee