From BGK-alignment model to the pressured Euler-alignment system with singular communication weights

Abstract: This paper is devoted to a rigorous derivation of the isentropic Euler-alignment system with singular communication weights $\phi_\alpha(x) = |x|^{-\alpha}$ for some $\alpha > 0$. We consider a kinetic BGK-alignment model consisting of a kinetic BGK-type equation with a singular Cucker-Smale alignment force. By taking into account a small relaxation parameter, which corresponds to the asymptotic regime of a strong effect from BGK operator, we quantitatively derive the isentropic Euler-alignment system with pressure $p(\rho) = \rho^\gamma$, $\gamma = 1 + \frac2d$ from that kinetic equation.