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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

In this talk we consider the four-waves spatially homogeneous kinetic equation arising in weak wave turbulence theory from one-dimensional microscopic oscillator chains. This equation is sometimes referred to as the Phonon Boltzmann Equation. I will discuss the entropy maximisation problem, the collisional invariants, and properties of solutions of the kinetic equation near the Rayleigh-Jeans (RJ) thermodynamic equilibria, in the case where the microscopic model is the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou (FPUT) chain. This is based on joint works with Miguel Escobedo (Bilbao), Pierre Germain (Imperial College London) and Joonhyun La (KIAS).


Further information

Time:

11May
May 11th 2026
13:30 to 14:30

Venue:

MR13

Speaker:

Angeliki Menegaki (Imperial)

Series:

Geometric Analysis & Partial Differential Equations seminar