BGK Model of the Multi-species Uehling-Uhlenbeck Equation

Gi Chan Bae, Christian Klingenberg, Marlies Pirner, Seok Bae Yun

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Abstract

We propose a BGK model of the quantum Boltzmann equation for gas mixtures. We also provide a suffcient condition that guarantees the existence of equilibrium coeffcients so that the model shares the same conservation laws and H-theorem with the quantum Boltzmann equation. Unlike the classical BGK for gas mixtures, the equilibrium coeffcients of the local equilibriums for quantum multi-species gases are defined through highly nonlinear relations that are not explicitly solvable. We verify in a unified way that such nonlinear relations uniquely determine the equilibrium coeffcients under the condition, leading to the well-definedness of our model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)25-44
Number of pages20
JournalKinetic and Related Models
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2021

Keywords

  • BGK models
  • boltzmann equation
  • gas mixture
  • relaxation time approximation
  • Uehling-Uhlenbeck equation

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