Relaxation rate, diffusion approximation and Fick's law for inelastic scattering Boltzmann models

DOI10.3934/KRM.2008.1.223zbMATH Open1144.35348arXiv0801.4240OpenAlexW2953242399MaRDI QIDQ932479FDOQ932479

Authors: Bertrand Lods, Clément Mouhot, G. Toscani 

Publication date: 11 July 2008

Published in: Kinetic and Related Models (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the linear dissipative Boltzmann equation describing inelastic interactions of particles with a fixed background. For the simplified model of Maxwell molecules first, we give a complete spectral analysis, and deduce from it the optimal rate of exponential convergence to equilibrium. Moreover we show the convergence to the heat equation in the diffusive limit and compute explicitely the diffusivity. Then for the physical model of hard spheres we use a suitable entropy functional for which we prove explicit inequality between the relative entropy and the production of entropy to get exponential convergence to equilibrium with explicit rate. The proof is based on inequalities between the entropy production functional for hard spheres and Maxwell molecules. Mathematical proof of the convergence to some heat equation in the diffusive limit is also given. From the last two points we deduce the first explicit estimates on the diffusive coefficient in the Fick's law for (inelastic hard-spheres) dissipative gases.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4240

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zbMATH Keywords

diffusive limitMaxwell moleculesdissipative Boltzmann equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Singular perturbations in context of PDEs (35B25) Scattering theory for PDEs (35P25)

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