Entropic convergence and the linearized limit for the Boltzmann equation with external force

Tina Mai

Published 2016-12-15Version 1

The purpose of this note, as a compendium, is to extend the results on entropic convergence and the linearized limit for the Boltzmann equation (without external force) in \cite{Levermore} by Levermore to the case of the Boltzmann equation with external force. More specifically, starting from the Boltzmann equation with an external force introduced in \cite{DL16} by Ars\'{e}nio and Saint-Raymond, we find conditions on the force, to maintain the result in \cite{Levermore} (as an important application of the theory of DiPerna-Lions renormalized solutions) about the validity of the linearization approximation when the initial datum approaches a global Maxwellian.