# Inelastic Boltzmann equation driven by a particle thermal bath

@article{Sanabria2021InelasticBE,
title={Inelastic Boltzmann equation driven by a particle thermal bath},
author={Rafael Sanabria},
journal={Kinetic \& Related Models},
year={2021}
}
• Rafael Sanabria
• Published 17 January 2020
• Mathematics
• Kinetic & Related Models
<p style='text-indent:20px;'>We consider the spatially inhomogeneous Boltzmann equation for inelastic hard-spheres, with constant restitution coefficient <inline-formula><tex-math id="M1">\begin{document}$\alpha\in(0,1)$\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>, under the thermalization induced by a host medium with fixed <inline-formula><tex-math id="M2">\begin{document}$e\in(0,1]$\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> and a fixed Maxwellian distribution. When the restitution…

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