Nonequilibrium solutions of the Boltzmann equation under the action of an external force

We construct a novel class of exact solutions to the Boltzmann equation, in both its classical and quantum formulation, for arbitrary collision laws. When the system is subjected to a specific external forcing, the precise form of which is worked out, nonequilibrium dampingless solutions are admissi...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2014-05, Vol.112 (18), p.180602-180602, Article 180602
Main Authors: Guéry-Odelin, D, Muga, J G, Ruiz-Montero, M J, Trizac, E
Format: Article
Language:English
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Boltzmann equation
Boltzmann transport equation
Computer simulation
Confinement
Construction
Exact solutions
Mathematical analysis
Transformations
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Summary:We construct a novel class of exact solutions to the Boltzmann equation, in both its classical and quantum formulation, for arbitrary collision laws. When the system is subjected to a specific external forcing, the precise form of which is worked out, nonequilibrium dampingless solutions are admissible. They do not contradict the H theorem, but are constructed from its requirements. Interestingly, these solutions hold for time-dependent confinement. We exploit them, in a reverse-engineering perspective, to work out a protocol that shortcuts any adiabatic transformation between two equilibrium states in an arbitrarily short time span, for an interacting system. Particle simulations of the direct Monte Carlo type fully corroborate the analytical predictions.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.112.180602