Dissipation and Semigroup on $H_n^k$: Non-cutoff Linearized Boltzmann Operator with Soft Potential

Abstract

In this paper, we find that the linearized collision operator $L$ of the non-cutoff Boltzmann equation with soft potential generates a strongly continuous semigroup on $H_n^k$, with $k,n\in \mathbb{R}$. In the theory of Boltzmann equation without angular cutoff, the weighted Sobolev space plays a fundamental role. The proof is based on pseudo-differential calculus and in general, for a specific class of Weyl quantization, the $L^2$ dissipation implies $H_n^k$ dissipation. This kind of estimate is also known as the Gårding's inequality.