Fractional diffusion limit for a kinetic equation with an interface

Citation
Komorowski, Tomasz et al., Fractional diffusion limit for a kinetic equation with an interface, Annals of probability (Online) , 48(5), 2020, pp. 2290-2322
ISSN journal
2168894X
Volume
48
Issue
5
Year of publication
2020
Pages
2290 - 2322
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
We consider the limit of a linear kinetic equation with reflection-transmission-absorption at an interface and with a degenerate scattering kernel. The equation arises from a microscopic chain of oscillators in contact with a heat bath. In the absence of the interface, the solutions exhibit a superdiffusive behavior in the long time limit. With the interface, the long time limit is the unique solution of a version of the fractional in space heat equation with reflection-transmission-absorption at the interface. The limit problem corresponds to a certain stable process that is either absorbed, reflected or transmitted upon crossing the interface.