Abstract
In the study of the heat transfer in the Boltzmann theory, the basic problem is to construct solutions to the following steady problem:
where Ω is a bounded domain in \({\mathbf{R}^{d}, 1 \leq d \leq 3}\), Kn is the Knudsen number and \({\mu _{\theta}=\frac{1}{2\pi \theta ^{2}(x)} {\rm exp} [-\frac{|v|^{2}}{2\theta (x)}]}\) is a Maxwellian with non-constant(non-isothermal) wall temperature θ(x). Based on new constructive coercivity estimates for both steady and dynamic cases, for \({|\theta -\theta_{0}|\leq \delta \ll 1}\) and any fixed value of Kn, we construct a unique non-negative solution F s to (0.1) and (0.2), continuous away from the grazing set and exponentially asymptotically stable. This solution is a genuine non-equilibrium stationary solution differing from a local equilibrium Maxwellian. As an application of our results we establish the expansion \({F_s=\mu_{\theta_0}+\delta F_{1}+O(\delta ^{2})}\) and we prove that, if the Fourier law holds, the temperature contribution associated to F 1 must be linear, in the slab geometry.
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Esposito, R., Guo, Y., Kim, C. et al. Non-Isothermal Boundary in the Boltzmann Theory and Fourier Law. Commun. Math. Phys. 323, 177–239 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-013-1766-2
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