Numerical solution of the general relativistic Boltzmann equation for massive and massless particles

1991 ◽  
Vol 372 ◽  
pp. 225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Harleston ◽  
Katherine A. Holcomb
Keyword(s):  
Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Numerical Solution ◽  
Massless Particles ◽  
Relativistic Boltzmann Equation ◽  
General Relativistic

scholarly journals A construction of the general relativistic Boltzmann equation

1984 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Dolan ◽  
A. C. Zenios
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Function ◽  
Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Kinetic Equation ◽  
Simple Model ◽  
State Space ◽  
Differential Forms ◽  
Relativistic Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Dimensional State Space ◽  
General Relativistic ◽  
Invariant Differential

Our work depends essentially on the notion of a one-particle seven-dimensional state-space. In constructing a general relativistic theory we assume that all measurable quantities arise from invariant differential forms. In this paper, we study only the case when instantaneous, binary, elastic collisions occur between the particles of the gas. With a simple model for colliding particles and their collisions, we derive the kinetic equation, which gives the change of the distribution function along flows in state-space.

On the general relativistic boltzmann equation

1970 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Luke ◽  
G. Szamosi
Keyword(s):  
Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Relativistic Boltzmann Equation ◽  
General Relativistic

scholarly journals On the Determinant Problem for the Relativistic Boltzmann Equation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Chapman ◽  
Jin Woo Jang ◽  
Robert M. Strain
Keyword(s):  
Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Jacobian Determinant ◽  
Large Role ◽  
Relativistic Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Relativistic Analog ◽  
Relativistic Collision ◽  
Pointwise Limit ◽  
Open Question

AbstractThis article considers a long-outstanding open question regarding the Jacobian determinant for the relativistic Boltzmann equation in the center-of-momentum coordinates. For the Newtonian Boltzmann equation, the center-of-momentum coordinates have played a large role in the study of the Newtonian non-cutoff Boltzmann equation, in particular we mention the widely used cancellation lemma [1]. In this article we calculate specifically the very complicated Jacobian determinant, in ten variables, for the relativistic collision map from the momentum p to the post collisional momentum $$p'$$ p ′ ; specifically we calculate the determinant for $$p\mapsto u = \theta p'+\left( 1-\theta \right) p$$ p ↦ u = θ p ′ + 1 - θ p for $$\theta \in [0,1]$$ θ ∈ [ 0 , 1 ] . Afterwards we give an upper-bound for this determinant that has no singularity in both p and q variables. Next we give an example where we prove that the Jacobian goes to zero in a specific pointwise limit. We further explain the results of our numerical study which shows that the Jacobian determinant has a very large number of distinct points at which it is machine zero. This generalizes the work of Glassey-Strauss (1991) [8] and Guo-Strain (2012) [12]. These conclusions make it difficult to envision a direct relativistic analog of the Newtonian cancellation lemma in the center-of-momentum coordinates.

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