In this paper group properties of the so-called Generalized Burnett equations are studied. In contrast to the clas-sical Burnett equations these equations are well-posed and therefore can be used in applications. We considerthe one-dimensional version of the generalized Burnett equations for Maxwell molecules in both Eulerian andLagrangian coordinates and perform the complete group analysis of these equations. In particular, this includesfinding and analyzing admitted Lie groups. Our classifications of the Lie symmetries of the Navier-Stokes equa-tions of compressible gas and generalized Burnett equations provide a basis for finding invariant solutions ofthese equations. We also consider representations of all invariant solutions. Some particular classes of invariantsolutions are studied in more detail by both analytical and numerical methods

Numerical solution of a fully nonlinear one dimensional in space and three dimensional in velocity space electron kinetic equation is presented. Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method used for the nonlinear Landau-Fokker-Planck (LFP) collision operator is combined with Particle-in-Cell (PiC) simulations. An assumption of a self-consistent ambipolar electric field is used. The illustrative simulation results for the relaxation of the initial temperature perturbation are compared with the antecedent analytical and numerical results.

We consider a system of N classical particles, interacting via a smooth, short-range potential, in a weak-coupling regime. This means that N tends to infinity when the interaction is suitably rescaled. The j-particle marginals, which obey to the usual BBGKY hierarchy, are decomposed into two contributions: one small but strongly oscillating, the other hopefully smooth. Eliminating the first, we arrive to establish the dynamical problem in term of a new hierarchy (for the smooth part) involving a memory term. We show that the first order correction to the free flow converges, as N →∞, to the corresponding term associated to the Landau equation. We also show the related propagation of chaos.

A general approach to Monte Carlo methods for Coulomb collisions is proposed. Its key idea is an approximation of Landau-Fokker-Planck equations by Boltzmann equations of quasi-Maxwellian kind. It means that the total collision frequency for the corresponding Boltzmann equation does not depend on the velocities. This allows to make the simulation process very simple since the collision pairs can be chosen arbitrarily, without restriction. It is shown that this approach includes the well-known methods of Takizuka and Abe (1977) [12] and Nanbu (1997) as particular cases, and generalizes the approach of Bobylev and Nanbu (2000). The numerical scheme of this paper is simpler than the schemes by Takizuka and Abe [12] and by Nanbu. We derive it for the general case of multicomponent plasmas and show some numerical tests for the two-component (electrons and ions) case. An optimal choice of parameters for speeding up the computations is also discussed. It is also proved that the order of approximation is not worse than O(root epsilon), where epsilon is a parameter of approximation being equivalent to the time step Delta t in earlier methods. A similar estimate is obtained for the methods of Takizuka and Abe and Nanbu. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

A general approach to Monte Carlo methods for Coulomb collisions is proposed. Its key idea is an approximation of Landau-Fokker-Planck (LFP) equations by Boltzmann equations of quasi-Maxwellian kind. High-frequency fields are included into consideration and comparison with the well-known results are given.

We show that a rarefied system of hard disks in a plane, described in the Boltzmann-Grad limit by the 2-dimensional Boltzmann equation, has bounded transport coefficients. This is proved by showing opportune compactness properties of the gain part of the linearized Boltzmann operator.

The hydrodynamics at the Burnett level is discussed in detail. First we explain the shortest way to derive the classical Burnett equations from the Boltzmann equation. Then we sketch all the computations needed for details of these equations. It is well known that the classical Burnett equations are ill-posed. We therefore explain how to make a regularization of these equations and derive the well-posed generalized Burnett equations (GBEs). We discuss briefly an optimal choice of free parameters in GBEs and consider a specific version of these equations. It is remarkable that this version of GBEs is even simpler than the original Burnett equations, it contains only third derivatives of density. Finally we prove a linear stability for GBEs. We also present some numerical results on the sound propagation based on GBEs and compare them with the Navier-Stokes results and experimental data.

A general approach to Monte Carlo methods for Coulomb collisions is proposed. Its key idea is an approximation of the Landau-Fokker-Planck equations by the Boltzmann equations of a quasi-Maxwellian kind. This means that the total collision frequency for the corresponding Boltzmann equation does not depend on velocities. This allows one to make the simulation process very simple since the collision pairs can be chosen arbitrarily, without restriction. It is shown that this approach includes (as particular cases) the well-known methods of Takizuka & Abe(1977) and Nanbu(1997) and generalizes the approach of Bobylev & Nanbu(2000). The numerical scheme of this paper is simpler than the schemes by Takizuka & Abe and by Nanbu. We derive it for the general case of multicomponent plasmas

The new direct simulation method of Monte-Carlo type (DSMC) for Coulomb collisions in the case of two component plasma is considered.  A brief literature review and preliminary information concerning the problem are given. Further the idea that lies in the basis of the method is discussed and its scheme is provided. The illustrative numerical simulation of the initial distribution relaxation for one and two sorts of particles in 3D case in the velocity space is performed. Simulation results are compared with the numerical results based on the completely conservative finite difference schemes for the Landau-Fokker-Planck equation. Estimation of calculation accuracy obtained from numerical results is given.

It is shown that a broad class of generalized Dirichlet series (including the polylogarithm, related to the Riemann zeta-function) can be presented as a classof solutions of the Fourier transformed spatially homogeneous linear Boltzmannequation with a special Maxwell-type collision kernel. The result is based on anexplicit integral representationof solutions to the Cauchy problem for the Boltzmann equation. Possibleapplications to the theory of Dirichlet seriesare briefly discussed.