Kinetic Group of Bibliophiles (KGB)

DPMMS, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
University of Cambridge
Wilberforce Road Cambridge CB3 0WA
United Kingdom

Contact: Ivan Moyano at the address im449@cam.ac.uk

What is the Kinetic Group of Bibliophiles?

The KGB sessions host informal talks organised by members of the Cambridge Kinetic Group. They provide a space to discuss mathematical aspects of kinetic theory in an informal and relaxed setting. We try to meet once a week at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

The goal of the reading group is to discuss some research results in kinetic theory, both classical and new, available in a written support (typically papers or books). This conscientious reading activity aims at bringing some beautiful pieces of kinetic knowledge to an audience composed by undergraduates, graduates, PhD students, postdoc, senior researchers and anyone interested in this field.

You can find below our upcoming talks and some other activities by group members/PhD students, presentations by visitors, etc.

Upcoming talks

Friday 22/06/18 MR13 2.30pm-5pm
- 2.30pm-3.30pm:
  Charles Elbar (ENS Rennes).
  Global in time solutions of the Vlasov-Poisson system in dimension three (after Bardos and Degond).
- 3.30pm-4pm
  Tea/coffee/biscuits break (Pav.C)
- 4pm-5pm
  Ivan Moyano (Cambridge).
  Propagation of moments for the Vlasov-Poisson system in dimension three and construction of global solutions (after Lions and Perthame).

Easter 2018

Friday 15/06/18 2-4pm MR9
- 2-3pm
  Hong Xiao (Cambridge & Xi'an).
  Some applications of the Boltzmann equation in aerospace engineering I.
- 3-3.20pm
  Tea/coffee/biscuits break (Pav.C)
- 3.20-4pm
  Jo Evans (Cambridge).
  On Hypocoercivity and Harris' theorem.

Wednesday 30/05/18 MR21 3-5pm
- Hong Xiao (Cambridge & Xi'an).
  Some applications of the Boltzmann equation in aerospace engineering I.

Wednesday 18/05/18 3-5pm MR21
- Megan Griffin-Pickering (Cambridge).
  On the convergence of the Vlasov-Poisson system to the Euler equations in the cold-atom quasineutral regime.

Thursday 20/05/18 4-6pm MR13
- Ivan Moyano (Cambridge).
  On Yann Brenier's polar factorization theorem and some applications in kinetic theory

Thursday 26/04/18. KGB Special Session. MR9

2-3pm.
Claude Bardos (Paris)
On the Onsager's 1/3 regularity conjecture : from the perspectives of Kolmogorov, Onsager and Kato
3-3.30pm
Coffe/Tea/Biscuits break (Pav. C)
3.30-4.30pm
Harsha Hutidurga (London)
Some aspects of the Maxwell-Stefan systems for gas mixtures
4.30-5.30pm
Francesco Salvarani (Pavia and Paris)
On degenerate hypocoercivity

Friday 20/04/18 10.30-12.30am MR15
- Helge Dietert (Paris).
  Some results on boundary layers

Lent 2018

Wednesday 14/03/18 3pm-5pm
- Amit Einav (Vienna)
  On the Kac's program

Wednesday 07/03/18 MR14 3pm-5pm

Wednesday 21/02/18 MR14 3pm-5pm
- Jo Evans (Cambridge)
  On a hypocoercivity result by Dolbeault, Mouhot and Schmeiser

Wednesday 14/02/18 MR14 3pm-5pm
- Ivan Moyano (Cambridge)
  Study of the Rosseland approximation for the non-accretive radiative transfer equation III (Rigorous diffusive limit and use (and proof) of averaging lemmas
Wednesday 7/02/18 MR14 3pm-5pm
- Ivan Moyano (Cambridge)
  Study of the Rosseland approximation for the non-accretive radiative transfer equation II (Formal diffusive limit and need for averaging lemmas)
Friday 31/01/18 MR6 3pm-5pm
- Ivan Moyano (Cambridge)
  Study of the Rosseland approximation for the non-accretive radiative transfer equation I (Physical background and formal diffusive limit)

Michaelmas 2018

Friday 17/11/17 MR6 10-12am.
- Megan Griffin-Pickering (Cambridge)
  Mean-field limits for the Vlasov-Poisson system and quasineutral limit
Friday 10/11/17 MR6
- 10-11am. Jo Evans (Cambridge)
  Introduction to hypocoercive methods
- 11-12am. Alessandro Cucchi (Paris)
  Some results about the Laplacian operators on graphs
Friday 03/11/17 MR6 10-12am
- Ivan Moyano (Cambridge)
  Diffusive limits for the linear Boltzmann equation II (Energy methods)
Friday 20/10/17 MR6 10-12am
- Ivan Moyano (Cambridge)
  Diffusive limits for the linear Boltzmann equation I (Hilbert series)