Inhomogeneous Boltzmann equations: distance, asymptotics and comparison of the classical and quantum cases

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2012.05.016MaRDI QIDQ2376246zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lev A. Sakhnovich

Publication date 21 June 2013

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.3306

zbMATH Keywords

asymptoticsdensitydistanceenergyentropymoments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability in context of PDEs (35B35) Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Boltzmann equations (35Q20) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40)

Abstract: The notion of distance between a global Maxwellian function and an arbitrary solution $f$ (with the same total density $ho$ at the fixed moment $t$) of Boltzmann equation is introduced. In this way we essentially generalize the important Kullback-Leibler distance, which was used before. Namely, we generalize it for the spatially inhomogeneous case. An extremal problem to find a solution of the Boltzmann equation, such that $distM,f$ is minimal in the class of solutions with the fixed values of energy and of $n$ moments, is solved. The cases of the classical and quantum (for Fermi and Bose particles) Boltzmann equations are studied and compared. The asymptotics and stability of solutions of the Boltzmann equations are also considered.

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