Maxwell molecule collision operator

ID: maxwell-molecule-collision-operator

For the normalized isotropic cutoff model, collisions redistribute the direction of relative velocity uniformly while keeping its length. With center and relative speed , outgoing velocities are . Momentum and kinetic energy are preserved, and the collision rate has no relative-speed factor. The displayed operator uses unit total angular rate. General Maxwell molecule kernels can have nonconstant angular dependence.

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