Discrete hypocoercivity for a nonlinear kinetic reaction model  (Tino Laidin)

I will present a work in collaboration with M. Bessemoulin-Chatard and T. Rey, in which we consider a non-linear kinetic model describing a two-species generation-recombination reaction that can be considered as a simplified version of the models describing the generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs in semiconductors. I will introduce a finite volume discretization of this model for which we can prove an exponential decay towards the steady state using discrete hypocoercivity methods. After presenting the ideas of the proof in the continuous framework, I will highlight the main difficulties induced by the discretization process. The properties of the method will then be illustrated by several numerical examples.