Thermalization of a particle by dissipative collisions
@article{Martin1998ThermalizationOA,
title={Thermalization of a particle by dissipative collisions},
author={Ph. A. Martin and Jarosław Piasecki},
journal={EPL},
year={1998},
volume={46},
pages={613-616}
}One considers the stationary state of a test particle immersed in a homogeneous fluid in equilibrium at temperature T, undergoing dissipative collisions with the fluid particles. It is shown that the corresponding linear Boltzmann equation still possesses a stationary Maxwellian velocity distribution, with an effective temperature smaller than T. This effective temperature is explicitly given in terms of the restitution parameter and the masses.
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