The BGK Equation as the Limit of an N-Particle System
Journal article, 2020
The spatially homogeneous BGK equation is obtained as the limit of a model of a many particle system, similar to Mark Kac’s charicature of the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation.
Kinetic theory
Particle system
BGK equation
Author
Dawan Mustafa
University of Borås
Bernt Wennberg
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences
Journal of Statistical Physics
0022-4715 (ISSN) 1572-9613 (eISSN)
Vol. 181 2 715-737Subject Categories
Other Physics Topics
Control Engineering
Mathematical Analysis
DOI
10.1007/s10955-020-02596-y