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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 25-44 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Kinetic and Related Models |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2021 |
Keywords
- BGK models
- boltzmann equation
- gas mixture
- relaxation time approximation
- Uehling-Uhlenbeck equation