Hypocoercivity for kinetic linear equations in bounded domains with general Maxwell boundary condition (Q6172265)

The subject of this work consists of the consideration of kinetic equations describing a variation of the density function corresponding to particles moving within a sufficiently smooth boundary in such a way that either the Boltzmann or the Landau collision operator is applicable. The specific feature of the considered problem is the position-dependent Maxwell boundary conditions varying from the pure specular reflection to the pure diffusive boundary condition and allowing the consideration of a weakly non-equilibrium system interacting with the equilibrated thermostat. The main result consists of establishing the convergence to the equilibrium in such a general situation in a uniform way including the transition to the hydrodynamic limit.