Knudsen gas in flat tire

Citation
Burdzy Krzysztof et Gauthier Carl-erik, Knudsen gas in flat tire, Annals of applied probability , 29(1), 2019, pp. 217-263
ISSN journal
10505164
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
2019
Pages
217 - 263
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
We consider random reflections (according to the Lambertian distribution) of a light ray in a thin variable width (but almost circular) tube.As the width of the tube goes to zero, properly rescaled angular component of the light ray position converges in distribution to a diffusion whose parameters (diffusivity and drift) are given explicitly in terms of the tube width.