Transport Phenomena and Kinetic Theory

Preface List of Contributors Part I. Analytic Aspects of the Boltzmann Equation Rigorous Results for Conservation Equations and Trend to Equilibrium in Space-Inhomogeneous Kinetic Theory / Carlo Cercignani Results on Optimal Rate of Convergence to Equilibrium for Spatially Homogeneous Maxwellian Gases / Ester Gabetta Nonresonant Velocity Averaging and the Vlasov–Maxwell System / François Golse Part II. Modeling Applications, Inverse and Computational Problems in Quantum Kinetic Theory Multiband Quantum Transport Models for Semiconductor Devices / Luigi Barletti, Lucio Demeio, Giovanni Frosali Optimization Models for Semiconductor Dopant Profiling / Martin Burger, Michael Hinze, Rene Pinnau Inverse Problems for Semiconductors: Models and Methods / A. Leitão, P.A. Markowich, and J.P. Zubelli Deterministic Kinetic Solvers for Charged Particle Transport in Semiconductor Devices / M.J. Cáceres, J.A. Carrillo, I.M. Gamba, A. Majorana, and C.-W. Shu Part III. Miscellaneous Applications in Physics and Natural Sciences Methods and Tools of Mathematical Kinetic Theory Towards Modelling Complex Biological Systems / Nicola Bellomo, Abdelghani Bellouquid, and Marcello Delitala Kinetic Modelling of Late Stages of Phase Separation / Guido Manzi and Rossana Marra Ground States and Dynamics of Rotating Bose–Einstein Condensates / Weizhu Bao Two Inverse Problems in Photon Transport Theory: Evaluation of a Time-Dependent Source and of a Time-Dependent Cross-Section / Aldo Belleni-Morante