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The Klein-Gordon-Boussinesq (KGB) system is proposed in the literature as a model problem to study the validity of approximations in the long wave limit provided by simpler equations such as KdV, nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger or Whitham…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-28 A. Durán , A. Esfahani , G. Muslu

An implicit high-order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method is developed to find steady-state solution of rarefied gas flow described by the Boltzmann equation with full collision operator. In the physical space, velocity distribution…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-01-08 Wei Su , Peng Wang , Yonghao Zhang , Lei Wu

We study the BGK approximation to first-order scalar conservation laws with a flux which is discontinuous in the space variable. We show that the Cauchy Problem for the BGK approximation is well-posed and that, as the relaxation parameter…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-04-01 Florent Berthelin , Julien Vovelle

In this paper we prove the convergence of a suitable particle system towards the BGK model. More precisely, we consider an interacting stochastic particle system in which each particle can instantaneously thermalize locally. We show that,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-04-20 Paolo Buttà , Maxime Hauray , Mario Pulvirenti

In this paper, we aim to study solutions of reflected generalized BSDEs, involving the integral with respect to a continuous process, which is the local time of the diffusion on the boundary. We consider both a finite random terminal and a…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-11-16 Auguste Aman , Abouo Elouaflin , Modeste N'zi

This article extends a recently introduced kinetic closure of turbulence by developing its theoretical framework, operational realizations, and validation. In contrast with filtered Navier--Stokes formulations, filtering the Boltzmann…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-20 Francesco Marson , Orestis Malaspinas

A simplified relativistic kinetic theory for gases with internal degrees of freedom, based on a BGK-type collision term, is considered. First the Boltzmann equation is rewritten in tetrad form and then thermal coefficients are determined to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-13 Philip Semrén , Michael Bradley , João M. S. Oliveira , M. Piedade Machado Ramos

We prove the existence of non-hydrodynamic solutions to the linear density-dependent BGK equation in $d$ dimensions. Specifically, we show the existence of an initial condition for any Knudsen number $\tau$ for which the dissipation rate of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Florian Kogelbauer

We investigate stationary solutions of a non-local aggregation equation with degenerate power-law diffusion and bounded attractive potential in arbitrary dimensions. Compact stationary solutions are characterized and compactness…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-25 Gunnar Kaib

In the present paper, a new model of the collision term, of the Boltzmann Kinetic equation dealing with binary gas mixture affected by a centrifugal field, is introduced. The new model is representing a modification of the BGK…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-11-28 Taha Zakaraia Abdel Wahid

In the present work the classical problem of the kinetic theory of gases (the Smoluchowsky' problem about temperature jump in rarefied gas) is considered. The rarefied gas fills half-space over a flat firm surface. logarithmic gradient of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-11-05 A. V. Latyshev

We derive a sufficient condition for $k$-contraction in a generalized Lurie system~(GLS), that is, the feedback connection of a nonlinear dynamical system and a memoryless nonlinear function. For $k=1$, this reduces to a sufficient…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-20 Ron Ofir , Jean-Jacques Slotine , Michael Margaliot

We consider a class of nonlinear, spatially inhomogeneous kinetic equations of BGK-type with density dependent collision rates. These equations share the same superlinearity as the Boltzmann equation, and fall into the class of run and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Josephine Evans , Daniel Morris , Havva Yoldaş

We propose a new kinetic BGK-type model for a mixture of four monatomic gases, undergoing a bimolecular and reversible chemical reaction. The elastic and reactive interactions are described separately by distinct relaxation terms and the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-07 Giorgio Martalò , Ana Jacinta Soares , Romina Travaglini

This paper investigates an initial boundary value problem for the relaxed one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations. By transforming the system into Lagrangian coordinates, the resulting formulation exhibits a uniform…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Yuxi Hu , Xiaoning Zhao

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

In rotationally symmetric domains, the Boltzmann equation with specular reflection boundary condition has a special type of equilibrium states called the rotational local Maxwellian which, unlike the uniform Maxwellian, has an additional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-10-04 Chanwoo Kim , Seok-Bae Yun

We use the integral form of the Boltzmann equation which allows us to take into account the memory effects using the initial condition that selects the solutions going to the local equilibrium Maxwell distribution in the $t \to -\infty$…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Terentyev , Yu. Skryl

We study steady Boltzmann equation in half-space, which arises in the Knudsen boundary layer problem, with diffusive reflection boundary conditions. Under certain admissible conditions and the source term decaying exponentially, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-09 Yong Wang , Feimin Huang

This paper considers the neutron transport equation in bounded domain with a combination of the diffusive boundary condition and the in-flow boundary condition. We firstly study the existence of solution in any fixed time by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-04-13 Yan Guo , Xiongfeng Yang