A coupling approach for the convergence to equilibrium for a collisionless gas
Abstract
We use a probabilistic approach to study the rate of convergence to equilibrium for a collisionless (Knudsen) gas in dimension equal to or larger than 2. The use of a coupling between two stochastic processes allows us to extend and refine, in total variation distance, the polynomial rate of convergence given in (Kinet. Relat. Models 4 (2011) 87–107) and (Comm. Math. Phys. 318 (2013) 375–409). This is, to our knowledge, the first quantitative result in collisionless kinetic theory in dimension equal to or larger than 2 that does not require any symmetry of the domain, nor a monokinetic regime. Our study is also more general in terms of reflection at the boundary - we allow for rather general diffusive reflections and for a specular reflection component.
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Publication
Annals of Applied Probability, 32(2)
This article was part of my PhD thesis, advised by Nicolas and Stéphane Mischler. You can find Nicolas’ webpage here.
