The Kac model coupled to a thermostat

DOI10.1007/s10955-014-0999-6zbMath1302.35290arXiv1309.2715OpenAlexW3104122315MaRDI QIDQ743412

Michael Loss, Federico Bonetto, Ranjini Vaidyanathan

Publication date: 24 September 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.2715

zbMATH Keywords

propagation of chaosthermostatKac modelapproach to equilibrium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear operator inequalities (47A63) Boltzmann equations (35Q20)

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