On strong convergence to equilibrium for the Boltzmann equation with soft potentials

DOI10.1007/S10955-009-9741-1zbMATH Open1191.76087arXiv0808.1064OpenAlexW1978494436MaRDI QIDQ2390964FDOQ2390964

Eric Carlen, Xuguang Lu, Maria C. Carvalho

Publication date: 10 August 2009

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The paper concerns $L^1$- convergence to equilibrium for weak solutions of the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann Equation for soft potentials $(-4legm<0$), with and without angular cutoff. We prove the time-averaged $L^1$-convergence to equilibrium for all weak solutions whose initial data have finite entropy and finite moments up to order greater than $2+|gm|$. For the usual $L^1$-convergence we prove that the convergence rate can be controlled from below by the initial energy tails, and hence, for initial data with long energy tails, the convergence can be arbitrarily slow. We also show that under the integrable angular cutoff on the collision kernel with $-1legm<0$, there are algebraic upper and lower bounds on the rate of $L^1$-convergence to equilibrium. Our methods of proof are based on entropy inequalities and moment estimates.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.1064

zbMATH Keywords

convergence ratemoment estimatesentropy inequalitiesintegrable angular cutoff

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Integro-partial differential equations (45K05) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05)

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