Convolution like estimates for the Boltzmann Transport Equation
and classical solutions and stability near Maxwellian data
September 9, 2009 3pm, 201 SEC
Abstract
We focus on the study of existence and uniqueness of distributional and
classical solutions to the Cauchy Boltzmann transport problem in n
dimensions assuming in the case of Sn-1-integrability of
the angular part of the collision kernel (Grad cut-off assumption) with
data near Maxwellian distributions.
We will show convolution estimates of Young's inequality type for the case
of hard potentials and Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev and Brascamp Lieb type
inequality for soft potentials. The main technique is radial average
symmetrization using classical tools of harmonic analysis. Then, using the
Kaniel-Shinbrot iteration we present elementary proofs of existence for
initial data near local Maxwellians to obtain globally bounded solutions
for soft potentials. We also study the propagation of regularity using the
convolution estimates estimate for the gain operator, and an
Lp-stability result, with 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞.
This is work in collaboration with Ricardo Alonso, and partly with Emanuel
Carneiro as well.
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