Electron Kinetics with Attachment and Ionization from Higher Order Solutions of Boltzmann's Equation

An appropriate approach is presented for solving the Boltzmann equation for electron swarms and nonstationary weakly ionized plasmas in the hydrodynamic stage, including ionization and attachment processes. Using a Legendre-polynomial expansion of the electron velocity distribution function the resulting eigenvalue problem has been solved at any even truncation-order. The technique has been used to study velocity distribution, mean collision frequencies, energy transfer rates, nonstationary behaviour and power balance in hydrodynamic stage, of electrons in a model plasma and a plasma of pure SF₆. The calculations have been performed for increasing approximation-orders, up to the converged solution of the problem. In particular, the transition from dominant attachment to prevailing ionization when increasing the field strength has been studied. Finally the establishment of the hydrodynamic stage for a selected case in the model plasma has been investigated by solving the nonstationary, spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation in twoterm approximation.     

Stability in parametric resonance of axially accelerating beams constituted by Boltzmann's superposition principle

Stability in transverse parametric vibration of axially accelerating viscoelastic beams is investigated. The governing equation is derived from Newton's second law, Boltzmann's superposition principle, and the geometrical relation. When the axial speed is a constant mean speed with small harmonic variations, the governing equation can be treated as a continuous gyroscopic system with small periodically parametric excitations and a damping term. The method of multiple scales is applied directly to the governing equation without discretization. The stability conditions are obtained for combination and principal parametric resonance. Numerical examples demonstrate that the increase of the viscosity coefficient causes the lager instability threshold of speed fluctuation amplitude for given detuning parameter and smaller instability range of the detuning parameter for given speed fluctuation amplitude. The instability region is much bigger in lower order principal resonance than that in the higher order.     

Limitations of Boltzmann's principle

The usual form of Boltzmann's principle assures that maximum entropy, or entropy reduction, occurs with maximum probability, implying a unimodal distribution. Boltzmann's principle cannot be applied to nonunimodal distributions, like the arcsine law, because the entropy may be concave only over a limited portion of the interval. The method of subordination shows that the arcsine distribution corresponds to a process with a single degree of freedom, thereby confirming the invalidation of Boltzmann's principle. The fractalization of time leads to a new distribution in which arcsine and Cauchy distributions can coexist simultaneously for nonintegral degrees of freedom between and 2.     

On Asymptotic Stability of Moving Kink for Relativistic Ginzburg-Landau Equation

We prove the asymptotic stability of the moving kinks for the nonlinear relativistic wave equations in one space dimension with a Ginzburg-Landau potential: starting in a small neighborhood of the kink, the solution, asymptotically in time, is the sum of a uniformly moving kink and dispersive part described by the free Klein-Gordon equation. The remainder decays in a global energy norm. Our recent results on the weighted energy decay for the Klein-Gordon equations play a crucial role in the proofs.     

Boltzmann's Formulation of the Helmholtz Vorticity Theorem

A dual form of the general relativistic and covariant generalization of the first vorticity theorem of Helmholtz is proven. This dual form is the generalization of Boltzmann's formulation of the Helmholtz theorem.     

On Exponential-Asymptotic Stability Properties of BOLTZMANN's Equation and a Class of its Modifications

For the linearized BOLTZMANN equation and a class of “modifications” of the linearized BOLTZMANN equation (including the usual BOLTZMANN equation) exponential-asymptotic stability of the total equilibrium is proved with respect to some boundary and existence assumptions which seem to be physically reasonable. Of course, this structural stability is important if BOLTZMANN 's equation has to be considered under the influence of “perturbations” or if it is substituted by model equations.     

On the Asymptotic Stability of Bound States in 2D Cubic Schrödinger Equation

We consider the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation in two space dimensions with an attractive potential. We study the asymptotic stability of the nonlinear bound states, i.e. periodic in time localized in space solutions. Our result shows that all solutions with small, localized in space initial data, converge to the set of bound states. Therefore, the center manifold in this problem is a global attractor. The proof hinges on dispersive estimates that we obtain for the non-autonomous, non-Hamiltonian, linearized dynamics around the bound states.     

Orbital Stability of Double Solitons for the Benjamin-Ono Equation

In this paper we prove the orbital stability of double solitons for the Benjamin-Ono equation. In the case of the KdV equation, this stability has been proved in [17]. Parts of the proof given there rely on the fact that the Euler-Lagrange equations for the conserved quantities of the KdV equation are ordinary differential equations. Since this is not the case for the Benjamin-Ono equation, new methods are required. Our approach consists in using a new invariant for multi-solitons, and certain new identities motivated by the Sylvester Law of Inertia.     

Stability of Nonlinear Wave of Kadomtsev-Petviashvili-Type Equation

For ion-acoustic waves in a plasma with non-isothermal electrons,the MKP equation is its governing equation.The instability of a soliton solution of MKP equation to two-dimensional long-wavelength perturbations is investigated up to the third order.It indicates that the one-soliton solution of MKP equation is unstable if v = -1wheras it is stable if v = 1 until the third order approximation has been considered.     

Long Time Behaviour for a Class of Low-Regularity Solutions of the Camassa-Holm Equation

In this paper, we investigate the long time behaviour for a class of low- regularity solutions of the Camasssa-Holm equation given by the superposition of infinitely many interacting traveling waves with corners at their peaks.     

Stability of Dirac Equation in Four-Dimensional Gravity

We introduce the Dirac equation in four-dimensional gravity which is a generally covariant form. We choose the suitable variable and solve the corresponding equation. To solve such equation and to obtain the corresponding bispinor, we employ the factorization method which introduces the associated Laguerre polynomial. The associated Laguerre polynomials help us to write the Dirac equation of four-dimensional gravity in the form of the shape invariance equation. Thus we write the shape invariance condition with respect to the secondary quantum number. Finally, we obtain the spinor wave function and achieve the corresponding stability of condition for the four-dimensional gravity system.     

On the Asymptotic Behaviour of the Form Factors

Using the generalized; analytic function of Vekua we obtain the results on the asymptotic behaviour of form factors deduced form the analytical theory of elementary particles.     

On the Generalized Continuity Equation

A generalized continuity equation extending the ordinary continuity equation is found using quanternions to show it is compatible with Dirac, Schrǒdinger, Klein-Gordon and diffusion equations. This generalized equation is Lorentz invariant. The transport properties of electrons are found to be governed by the Schr6dinger-like equation and not by the diffusion equation.     

Global Stability of Vortex Solutions of the Two-Dimensional Navier-Stokes Equation

Both experimental and numerical studies of fluid motion indicate that initially localized regions of vorticity tend to evolve into isolated vortices and that these vortices then serve as organizing centers for the flow. In this paper we prove that in two dimensions localized regions of vorticity do evolve toward a vortex. More precisely we prove that any solution of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation whose initial vorticity distribution is integrable converges to an explicit self-similar solution called Oseens vortex. This implies that the Oseen vortices are dynamically stable for all values of the circulation Reynolds number, and our approach also shows that these vortices are the only solutions of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation with a Dirac mass as initial vorticity. Finally, under slightly stronger assumptions on the vorticity distribution, we give precise estimates on the rate of convergence toward the vortex.Acknowledgement The first author is indebted to J. Dolbeault and, especially, to C. Villani for suggesting the beautiful idea of using the Boltzmann entropy functional in the context of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation. The research of C.E.W. is supported in part by the NSF under grant DMS-0103915.     

On the Ladder Bethe-Salpeter Equation

The Bethe-Salpeter (BS) equation in the ladder approximation is studied within a scalar theory: two scalar fields (constituents) with mass m interacting via an exchange of a scalar field (tieon) with mass . The BS equation is written in the form of an integral equation in the configuration Euclidean x-space with the kernel which for stable bound states M < 2m is a self-adjoint positive operator. The solution of the BS equation is formulated as a variational problem. The nonrelativistic limit of the BS equation is considered. The role of so-called abnormal states is discussed.The analytical form of test functions for which the accuracy of calculations of bound-state masses is better than 1% (the comparison with available numerical calculations is done) is determined. These test functions make it possible to calculate analytically vertex functions describing the interaction of bound states with constituents.As a by-product a simple solution of the Wick-Cutkosky model for the case of massless bound states is demonstrated.     

On the Quantum Boltzmann Equation

We give a nonrigorous derivation of the nonlinear Boltzmann equation from the Schrödinger evolution of interacting fermions. The argument is based mainly on the assumption that a quasifree initial state satisfies a property called restricted quasifreenessin the weak coupling limit at any later time. By definition, a state is called restricted quasifree if the four-point and the eight-point functions of the state factorize in the same manner as in a quasifree state.     

On the Discriminant of Harper's Equation

The spectrum of Harper's equation is determined by the discriminant, which is a certain polynomial of degree Q if the commensurability parameter of Harper's equation is P/Q, where P, Q are coprime positive integers. A simple expression is indicated for the derivative of the discriminant at zero energy for odd Q. Three dominant terms of the asymptotics of this derivative are calculated for the case of an arbitrary P as Q increases. The result gives a lower bound on the width of the centermost band of Harper's equation and shows the effects of band clustering.     

Geometric Stability Analysis for Periodic Solutions of the Swift-Hohenberg Equation

In this paper we describe invariant geometrical structures in the phase space of the Swift-Hohenberg equation in a neighborhood of its periodic stationary states. We show that in spite of the fact that these states are only marginally stable (i.e., the linearized problem about these states has continuous spectrum extending all the way up to zero), there exist finite dimensional invariant manifolds in the phase space of this equation which determine the long-time behavior of solutions near these stationary solutions. In particular, using this point of view, we obtain a new demonstration of Schneider's recent proof that these states are nonlinearly stable. Received: 30 January 1997 / Accepted: 6 April 1997