Convergence to equilibrium of some kinetic models

We introduce in this paper a new constructive approach to the problem of the convergence to equilibrium for a large class of kinetic equations. The idea of the approach is to prove a 'weak' coercive estimate, which implies exponential or polynomial convergence rate. Our method works very w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Tran, M.-B.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM)
Repositorio:BIRD. BCAM's Institutional Repository Data
OAI Identifier:oai:bird.bcamath.org:20.500.11824/521
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11824/521
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Boltzmann equation
Goldstein-Taylor model
Hard potential
Rate of convergence to equilibrium
Soft potential
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Sumario:We introduce in this paper a new constructive approach to the problem of the convergence to equilibrium for a large class of kinetic equations. The idea of the approach is to prove a 'weak' coercive estimate, which implies exponential or polynomial convergence rate. Our method works very well not only for hypocoercive systems in which the coercive parts are degenerate but also for the linearized Boltzmann equation.