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# Long time asymptotics of a degenerate linear kinetic transport equation

• In the present article we prove an algebraic rate of decay towards the equilibrium for the solution of a non-homogeneous, linear kinetic transport equation. The estimate is of the form $C(1+t)^{-a}$ for some $a>0$. The total scattering cross-section $R(k)$ is allowed to degenerate but we assume that $R^{-a}(k)$ is integrable with respect to the invariant measure.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 82C40, 82C70; Secondary: 35B40, 82D75.

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