Spectral Gap Computations for Linearized Boltzmann Operators
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Eigenvalue problems for integral equations (45C05) Integral operators (45P05) Eigenvalue problems for linear operators (47A75) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60) Parallel numerical computation (65Y05) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40)
Abstract: The quantitative information on the spectral gaps for the linearized Boltzmann operator is of primary importance on justifying the Boltzmann model and study of relaxation to equilibrium. This work, for the first time, provides numerical evidences on the existence of spectral gaps and corresponding approximate values. The linearized Boltzmann operator is projected onto a Discontinuous Galerkin mesh, resulting in a "collision matrix". The original spectral gap problem is then approximated by a constrained minimization problem, with objective function being the Rayleigh quotient of the "collision matrix" and with constraints being the conservation laws. A conservation correction then applies. We also showed the convergence of the approximate Rayleigh quotient to the real spectral gap for the case of integrable angular cross-sections. Some distributed eigen-solvers and hybrid OpenMP and MPI parallel computing are implemented. Numerical results on integrable as well as non-integrable angular cross-sections are provided.
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