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June  2011, 4(2): 499-515. doi: 10.3934/krm.2011.4.499

Validity of the Boltzmann equation with an external force

Raffaele Esposito 1, , Yan Guo 2, and  Rossana Marra 3,

1. 

Dipartimento di Matematica pura ed Applicata, Università dell’Aquila, Via Vetoio - Coppito, L’Aquila, 67100
2. 

Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02812, United States
3. 

Dipartimento di Fisica and Unità INFN, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma

Received  December 2010 Published  April 2011

We establish local-in-time validity of the Boltzmann equation in the presence of an external force deriving from a $C^2$ potential.
Keywords: Rarified gases, derivation, external force., Boltzmann equation.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 76P05, 82C40; Secondary: 76A2.
Citation: Raffaele Esposito, Yan Guo, Rossana Marra. Validity of the Boltzmann equation with an external force. Kinetic & Related Models, 2011, 4 (2) : 499-515. doi: 10.3934/krm.2011.4.499
References:
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R. Duan, T. Yang and C. Zhu, Global existence to Boltzmann equation with external force in infinite vacuum, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 46 (2005), 253-277. doi: 10.1063/1.1899985.  Google Scholar

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R. Duan, S. Ukai, T. Yang and H. Zhao, Optimal decay estimates on the linearized Boltzmann equation with time dependent force and their applications, Communications in Mathematical Physics, 277 (2008), 189-236. doi: 10.1007/s00220-007-0366-4.  Google Scholar

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R. Esposito, Y. Guo and R. Marra, Phase transition in a Vlasov-Boltzmann binary mixture, Commun. Math. Phys., 296 (2010), 1-33. doi: 10.1007/s00220-010-1009-8.  Google Scholar

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Y. Guo, The Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system near vacuum, Comm. Math. Phys., 218 (2001), 293-313. doi: 10.1007/s002200100391.  Google Scholar

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Y. Guo, The Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system near Maxwellians, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., LV (2002), 1104-1135. doi: 10.1002/cpa.10040.  Google Scholar

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Y. Guo, The Vlasov-Boltzmann-Maxwell system near Maxwellians, Invent. Math., 153 (2003), 593-630. doi: 10.1007/s00222-003-0301-z.  Google Scholar

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S. Ukai, T. Yang and H. Zhao, Global solutions to the Boltzmann equation with external forces, Analysis and Applications (Singapore), 3 (2005), 157-193. doi: 10.1142/S0219530505000522.  Google Scholar

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References:
[1]

L. Arkeryd, R. Esposito, R. Marra and A. Nouri, Stability for Rayleigh-Benard convective solutions of the Boltzmann equation, Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal., 198 (2010), 125-187. doi: 10.1007/s00205-010-0292-z.  Google Scholar

[2]

S. Bastea, R. Esposito, J. L. Lebowitz and R. Marra, Binary fluids with long range segregating interaction I: Derivation of kinetic and hydrodynamic equation, Jour. Statist. Phys., 101 (2000), 1087-1136. doi: 10.1023/A:1026481706240.  Google Scholar

[3]

A. V. Bobylev, A. Hansen, J. Piasecki and E. H. Hauge, From the Liouville equation to the generalized Boltzmann equation for magnetotransport in the 2D Lorentz model, Jour. Statist. Phys., 102 (2001), 1133-1150. doi: 10.1023/A:1004880010020.  Google Scholar

[4]

E. A. Carlen, M. Carvalho, R. Esposito, J. L. Lebowitz and R. Marra, Free energy minimizers for a two-species model with segregation and liquid-vapor transition, Nonlinearity, 16 (2003), 1075-1105. doi: 10.1088/0951-7715/16/3/316.  Google Scholar

[5]

C. Cercignani, R. Illner and M. Pulvirenti, "The Mathematical Theory of Dilute Gases," Springer-Verlag, 1994. Google Scholar

[6]

L. Desvillettes and V. Ricci, Non-Markovianity of the Boltzmann-Grad limit of a system of random obstacles in a given force field, Bull. Sci. Math., 128 (2004), 39-46. doi: 10.1016/j.bulsci.2003.09.003.  Google Scholar

[7]

R. Duan, T. Yang and C. Zhu, Global existence to Boltzmann equation with external force in infinite vacuum, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 46 (2005), 253-277. doi: 10.1063/1.1899985.  Google Scholar

[8]

R. Duan, S. Ukai, T. Yang and H. Zhao, Optimal decay estimates on the linearized Boltzmann equation with time dependent force and their applications, Communications in Mathematical Physics, 277 (2008), 189-236. doi: 10.1007/s00220-007-0366-4.  Google Scholar

[9]

R. Esposito, Y. Guo and R. Marra, Phase transition in a Vlasov-Boltzmann binary mixture, Commun. Math. Phys., 296 (2010), 1-33. doi: 10.1007/s00220-010-1009-8.  Google Scholar

[10]

R. Esposito, R. Marra and J. L. Lebowitz, Solutions to the Boltzmann equation in the Boussinesq regime, Jour. Stat. Phys., 90 (1998), 1129-1178. doi: 10.1023/A:1023223226585.  Google Scholar

[11]

Y. Guo, The Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system near vacuum, Comm. Math. Phys., 218 (2001), 293-313. doi: 10.1007/s002200100391.  Google Scholar

[12]

Y. Guo, The Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann system near Maxwellians, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., LV (2002), 1104-1135. doi: 10.1002/cpa.10040.  Google Scholar

[13]

Y. Guo, The Vlasov-Boltzmann-Maxwell system near Maxwellians, Invent. Math., 153 (2003), 593-630. doi: 10.1007/s00222-003-0301-z.  Google Scholar

[14]

O. E. Lanford III, The evolution of large classical systems, in "Dynamical Systems, Theory and Applications,'' J. Moser ed., Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer Berlin, 35 (1975), 1-111. Google Scholar

[15]

S. Ukai, T. Yang and H. Zhao, Global solutions to the Boltzmann equation with external forces, Analysis and Applications (Singapore), 3 (2005), 157-193. doi: 10.1142/S0219530505000522.  Google Scholar

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