(1) Dipartimento di Matematica Pura ed Applicata, Universitá dell'Aquila, Aquila, Italy;(2) Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli Matematici per le Scienze Applicate, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Abstract:
The boundary value problem for the stationary Boltzmann equation for a model gas in a plane slab is solved in full generality. The asymptotic behavior as the size of the slab goes to infinity is studied via a Chapman-Enskog expansion.