Heterogeneous discrete kinetic model and its diffusion limit

Abstract

A revertible discrete velocity kinetic model is introduced when the environment is spatially heterogeneous. It is proved that the parabolic scale singular limit of the model exists and satisfies a new heterogeneous diffusion equation that depends on the diffusivity and the turning frequency together. An energy functional is introduced which takes into account spatial heterogeneity in the velocity field. The monotonicity of the energy functional is the key to obtain uniform estimates needed for the weak convergence proof. The Div-Curl lemma completes the strong convergence proof.