Two-Species Boltzmann--Kac Kinetics with Matsumoto--Yor Nonlinear Collisions: Conserved Energy and Conic Equilibria
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We extend Mark Kac's kinetic framework from single-species Euclidean spaces to a two-species, non-linear interaction space on the open cone $(0, \infty)^2$ governed by the Matsumoto--Yor rational collision involution. We identify a non-linear conserved energy $E(x,y) = x + y + 1/x$ and an invariant conic metric measure $dμ= \frac{dx \, dy}{x(x+y)}$. By establishing a two-species $H$-theorem, we prove that entropy production vanishes if and only if post-collision velocities are statistically independent ($I(U;V)=0$). In contrast to the transform-domain proof of Letac and Wesołowski~\cite{letac2000}, which relies on joint Laplace transforms of general measures, our approach yields a direct physical derivation in state space via the transformation law for logarithmic gradients and separation of variables. This uncouples the functional-differential system to uniquely characterize the Generalized Inverse Gaussian (GIG) and Gamma distributions as the non-equilibrium thermodynamic equilibria.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Itoh, Yoshiaki
Institution: The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7221923418