Multicomponent Modified Boltzmann Equation and Thermalization

Abstract

The existence of stationary distributions in a multicomponent Boltzmann equation using a non-additive kinetic energy composition rule for binary collisions is discussed. It is found that detailed balance is not achieved when -- in contrast to the case of a single rule -- several different composition rules are considered. The long-time behaviour of a simple momentum space model is explored numerically: saturating, heating and cooling solutions are presented.

Comments: 9 pages, 7 figures; v2: Sec. 3.2 is restructured, appendix B is clarified. A reference is added. Typos are corrected