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This study investigates the steady Boltzmann equation in one spatial variable for a polyatomic single-component gas in a half-space. Inflow boundary conditions are assumed at the half-space boundary, where particles entering the half-space…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Niclas Bernhoff , Stephane Brull , Eddie Wadbro

We establish an optimal, linear rate of convergence for the stochastic homogenization of discrete linear elliptic equations. We consider the model problem of independent and identically distributed coefficients on a discretized unit torus.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Antoine Gloria , Stefan Neukamm , Felix Otto

We obtain the Maxwell-J\"uttner distribution function at first order in the post-Newtonian approximation within the framework of general relativity. Taking into account the aforesaid distribution function, we compute the particle four-flow…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-01 G. M. Kremer , Martín G. Richarte , Karla Weber

Granular gases as dilute ensembles of particles in random motion are not only at the basis of elementary structure-forming processes in the universe and involved in many industrial and natural phenomena, but also excellent models to study…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-09-14 Kirsten Harth , Torsten Trittel , Sandra Wegner , Ralf Stannarius

We establish long time soliton asymptotics for the nonlinear system of Maxwell equations coupled to a charged particle. The coupled system has a six dimensional manifold of soliton solutions. We show that in the long time approximation, any…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-12-03 Valery Imaykin , Alexander Komech , Herbert Spohn

Based on the Vlasov-Maxwell equations describing the self-consistent nonlinear beam dynamics and collective processes, the evolution of an intense sheet beam propagating through a periodic focusing field has been studied. It has been shown…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-10 Stephan I. Tzenov

In this paper we consider a particular class of solutions of the linear Boltzmann-Rayleigh equation, known in the nonlinear setting as Homoenergetic solutions. These solutions describe the dynamics of Boltzmann gases under the effect of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-27 Nicola Miele , Alessia Nota , Juan J. L. Velázquez

Brownian motion with coordinate dependent damping and diffusivity is ubiquitous. Understanding equilibrium of a Brownian particle with coordinate dependent diffusion and damping is a contentious area. In this paper, we present an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-02-19 A. Bhattacharyay

A mixture of dissipative hard grains generically exhibits a breakdown of kinetic energy equipartition. The undriven and thus freely cooling binary problem, in the tracer limit where the density of one species becomes minute, may exhibit an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-03-13 Vicente Garzó , Nagi Khalil , Emmanuel Trizac

We analyze the structure of stochastic dynamics near either a stable or unstable fixed point, where force can be approximated by linearization. We find that a cost function that determines a Boltzmann-like stationary distribution can always…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Chulan Kwon , Ping Ao , David J. Thouless

We use direct numerical simulations to calculate the joint probability density function of the relative distance $R$ and relative radial velocity component $V_R$ for a pair of heavy inertial particles suspended in homogeneous and isotropic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-02-21 Akshay Bhatnagar , K. Gustavsson , Dhrubaditya Mitra

We study the formation and the dynamics of correlations in the velocity field for 1D and 2D cooling granular gases with the assumption of negligible density fluctuations (``Homogeneous Velocity-correlated Cooling State'', HVCS). It is shown…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-24 Andrea Baldassarri , Umberto Marini Bettolo Marconi , Andrea Puglisi

We study the deterministic dynamics of non-interacting classical gas particles confined to a one-dimensional box as a pedagogical toy model for the relaxation of the Boltzmann distribution towards equilibrium. Hard container walls alone…

Classical Physics · Physics 2011-06-28 Florian Gebhard , Kevin zu Muenster

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

We study a two-dimensional granular gas of inelastic spheres subject to multiplicative driving proportional to a power $|v(\vec{x})|^{\delta}$ of the local particle velocity $v(\vec{x})$. The steady state properties of the model are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Raffaele Cafiero , Stefan Luding , Hans Jürgen Herrmann

The hydrodynamic Burnett equations and the associated transport coefficients are exactly evaluated for generalized inelastic Maxwell models. In those models, the one-particle distribution function obeys the inelastic Boltzmann equation,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-05-07 Nagi Khalil , Vicente Garzó , Andrés Santos

After approximate replacing of Maxwellian distribution exponent with the rational polynomial fraction we have obtained precise analytical expression for and calculated the principal value of logarithmically divergent integral in the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-09-17 V. N. Soshnikov

In the present work, we revisit the problem of the inhomogeneous electron gas under the influence of a weak external potential, which allows us to calculate the gradient corrections to the density functional within linear response, an…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-03 Mario Benites , Angel Rosado , Efstratios Manousakis

The paper is devoted to constructing the global solutions around global Maxwellians to the initial-boundary value problem on the Boltzmann equation in general bounded domains with isothermal diffuse reflection boundaries. We allow a class…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-14 Renjun Duan , Yong Wang

We study a two-dimensional gas of inelastic rough spheres, driven on the rotational degrees of freedom. Numerical simulations are compared to mean-field (MF) predictions with surprisingly good agreement for strong coupling of rotational and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Cafiero , S. Luding , H. J. Herrmann