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On the approach to Maxwellian distribution

1979; Elsevier BV; Volume: 70; Issue: 5-6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0375-9601(79)90333-5

ISSN

1873-2429

Autores

J. A. Tjon,

Tópico(s)

Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Resumo

The relaxation to equilibrium of a gas governed by the Boltzmann equation is studied for various collision models. For certain initial distributions evidence is presented that it can be characterized by a state in which there is an over-population of high-velocity particles.

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