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A path-integral approach to the collisional Boltzmann gas

Fluid Dynamics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Collisional effects are included in the path-integral formulation that was proposed in one of our previous paper for the collisionless Boltzmann gas. In calculating the number of molecules entering a six-dimensional phase volume element due to collisions, both the colliding molecules and the scattered molecules are allowed to have distributions; thus the calculation is done smoothly and no singularities arise.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0010015,
  title  = {A path-integral approach to the collisional Boltzmann gas},
  author = {C. Y. Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0010015},
  year   = {2007}
}

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18 pages, 11 figures

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