Convergence to the equilibrium for the kinetic transport equation in the two-dimensional periodic Lorentz Gas

Abstract: We consider the Boltzmann-Grad limit of the two-dimensional periodic Lorentz Gas. It has been proved in [6,14,4] that the time evolution of a probability density on $\mathbb{R}^2\times\mathbb{T}^1\ni(x,v)$ is obtained by extending the phase space $\mathbb{R}^2\times\mathbb{T}^1$ to $\mathbb{R}^2\times\mathbb{T}^1\times[0,+\infty)\times[-1,1]$, where $s\in[0,+\infty)$ represents the time to the next collision and $h\in[-1,1]$ the corresponding impact parameter. Here we prove that under suitable conditions the time evolution of an initial datum in $L^p(\mathbb{T}^2\times\mathbb{T}^1\times[0,+\infty)\times[-1,1])$ converges to the equilibrium state with respect to the $L^p$ norm ($^*$-weakly if $p=\infty$). If $p=2$, or if the initial datum does not depend on $x$, we also get more precise estimates about the rate of the approach to the equilibrium. Our proof is based on the analysis of the long time behavior of the Fourier coefficients of the solution.