On a diffusion-kinetic equation arising in extended kinetic theory (Q4522366)

In a previous paper (to appear in Atti Sem. Mat. Fis. Univ. Modena) the author studied that the asymptotic limit as \(\varepsilon \to 0\) of the non-dimensional linear Boltzman equation \(\partial _tf = \varepsilon^{-p }Sf + \varepsilon ^{-q}C^{\text{i}}f + \varepsilon^{-r}C^{\text{e}}f\) (where \((t,x.v) \to f(t,x,v)\) is the distribution function of particles, \(S\) is the streaming operator given by \((Sf)(x,v) = -V\cdot \partial _x f(x,v)\), and \(C^{\text{i}}\) and \(C^{\text{e}}\) are, respectively, inelastic and elastic scattering operators). The suitably defined hydrodynamic quantity \(\rho\) should satisfy the equation \(\partial _t \rho = \mathcal D \rho + \mathcal K \rho\), where \(\mathcal D\) is a diffusion operator and \(\mathcal K\) is an unbounded operator structurally similar to \(C^{\text{e}}\). The author concentrates his attention on the case \(p=1\), \(q=0\), and \(r=2\), which seems to be specially intertesting from the mathematical point of view. The main aim of this paper is to prove that a suitable realization of the operator \(\mathcal D + \mathcal K\) in the space \(L_1(\mathbb{R}^6)\) is the generator of a positive semigroup which is conservative on the positive cone. To prove this, the author uses a modification of the Miyadera-Voigt perturbation theory and a suitably modified technique developed by Arlotti.