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The continuous spectrum of the linear Boltzmann operator with constant field is derived. It is found that a sufficiency relation for runaway phenomena is consistent with another sufficiency relation for the hydrodynamic regime to exist. There is a further class of systems whose behavior lies in between these two extremes.
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Standish, R.K. On the spectrum of the linear Boltzmann operator. J Stat Phys 66, 1003–1010 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01055713
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