Convergence to equilibrium of some kinetic models

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Abstract: We introduce in this paper a new approach to the problem of the convergence to equilibrium for kinetic equations. The idea of the approach is to prove a 'weak' coercive estimate, which implies exponential or polynomial convergence rate. Our method works very well not only for hypocoercive systems in which the coercive parts are degenerate but also for the linearized Boltzmann equation.


This work generalizes an approach introduced in [\textit{L. Desvillettes} and \textit{C. Villani}, Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 54, No. 1, 1--42 (2001; Zbl 1029.82032)] to the problem of convergence to equilibrium for kinetic equations. The principal new point is the possibility to find explicitly the decay rates. The main results are: the proof of exponential decay rates for the Goldstein-Taylor system for the factor \(\sigma \geq 0\) in its right-hand side, which relaxes the regularity of initial conditions and does not require the condition that the cross-section \(\sigma\) is greater than a positive polynomial; the estimation of the polynomial decay rate for the case \(\sigma=1\). As well, similar quite general results are proven for the Boltzmann equation with the quadratic collision operator.



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