The dissipative linear Boltzmann equation for hard spheres

We prove the existence and uniqueness of an equilibrium state with unit mass to the dissipative linear Boltzmann equation with hard-spheres collision kernel describing inelastic interactions of a gas particles with a fixed background. The equilibrium state is a universal Maxwellian distribution function with the same velocity as field particles and with a non-zero temperature lower than the background one. Moreover thanks to the H-Theorem we prove strong convergence of the solution to the Boltzmann equation towards the equilibrium.