Stability, convergence to self-similarity and elastic limit for the Boltzmann equation for inelastic hard spheres

DOI10.1007/S00220-009-0773-9zbMATH Open1178.82056arXivmath/0701449OpenAlexW1973750289MaRDI QIDQ842476FDOQ842476

Authors: Stéphane Mischler, Clément Mouhot 

Publication date: 25 September 2009

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation for {em inelastic hard spheres}, in the framework of so-called {em constant normal restitution coefficients} $alphain[0,1]$. In the physical regime of a small inelasticity (that is $alphain[alph{a}_{\ast },1)$ for some constructive $alph{a}_{\ast }>0$) we prove uniqueness of the self-similar profile for given values of the restitution coefficient $alphain[alph{a}_{\ast },1)$, the mass and the momentum; therefore we deduce the uniqueness of the self-similar solution (up to a time translation). Moreover, if the initial datum lies in $L_3^1$, and under some smallness condition on $(1-alph{a}_{\ast })$ depending on the mass, energy and $L_3^1$ norm of this initial datum, we prove time asymptotic convergence (with polynomial rate) of the solution towards the self-similar solution (the so-called {em homogeneous cooling state}). These uniqueness, stability and convergence results are expressed in the self-similar variables and then translate into corresponding results for the original Boltzmann equation. The proofs are based on the identification of a suitable elastic limit rescaling, and the construction of a smooth path of self-similar profiles connecting to a particular Maxwellian equilibrium in the elastic limit, together with tools from perturbative theory of linear operators. Some universal quantities, such as the "quasi-elastic self-similar temperature" and the rate of convergence towards self-similarity at first order in terms of $(1-alpha)$, are obtained from our study. These results provide a positive answer and a mathematical proof of the Ernst-Brito conjecture [16] in the case of inelastic hard spheres with small inelasticity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701449

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zbMATH Keywords

convergencea posteriori estimatesresolventself-similar solutionsuniquenessspectral stabilityattractivityself-similar profilesbinary collisionsgranular gashomogeneous Boltzmann equationelastic limitErnst-Brito conjectureinelastic hard spheres gassemigroup operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Granular flows (76T25) Initial value problems for nonlinear first-order PDEs (35F25)

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