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An unified thermodynamical framework based in the use of a generalized Massieu-Planck thermodynamic potential is proposed and a new formulation of Boltzmann-Gibbs Statistical Mechanics is established. Under this philosophy a generalization…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Garcia-Morales , J. Pellicer

A sequence of exact relations is found which connect one- and many-particle time-dependent distribution functions of low-density gas with their derivatives in respect to mean density. It is shown that, at least in the context of spatially…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-03-20 Yu. E. Kuzovlev

The Boltzmann kinetic equation is obtained from an integro-differential master equation that describes a stochastic dynamics in phase space of an isolated thermodynamic system. The stochastic evolution yields a generation of entropy,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-06-05 Mário J. de Oliveira

It is well known that the particular form of the two-particle correlation function, in the collisional integral of the classical Boltzmman equation, fix univocally the entropy of the system, which turn out to be the Boltzmann-Gibbs-Shannon…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-10-02 G. Kaniadakis

We introduce a class of Boltzmann equations on the real line, which constitute extensions of the classical Kac caricature. The collisional gain operators are defined by smoothing transformations with quite general properties. By…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-10-16 Federico Bassetti , Lucia Ladelli , Daniel Matthes

Combining analytical and numerical methods, we study within the framework of the homogeneous non-linear Boltzmann equation, a broad class of models relevant for the dynamics of dissipative fluids, including granular gases. We use the new…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-09-23 E. Trizac , A. Barrat , M. H. Ernst

The balance equations for thermodynamic quantities are derived from the nonlocal quantum kinetic equation. The nonlocal collisions lead to molecular contributions to the observables and currents. The corresponding correlated part of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-06-19 Klaus Morawetz

A simplified relativistic kinetic theory for gases with internal degrees of freedom, based on a BGK-type collision term, is considered. First the Boltzmann equation is rewritten in tetrad form and then thermal coefficients are determined to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-13 Philip Semrén , Michael Bradley , João M. S. Oliveira , M. Piedade Machado Ramos

In the paper the possible approaches to the rigorous derivation of the Boltzmann kinetic equation with hard sphere collisions from underlying dynamics are considered. In particular, a formalism for the description of the evolution of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-05-04 V. I. Gerasimenko

The problem of ballistic annihilation for a spatially homogeneous system is revisited within Boltzmann's kinetic theory in two and three dimensions. Exact analytical results are derived for the time evolution of the particle density for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Francois Coppex , Michel Droz , Jaroslaw Piasecki , Emmanuel Trizac , Peter Wittwer

The local balance equations for the density, momentum, and energy of a dilute gas of elastic or inelastic hard spheres, strongly confined between two parallel hard plates are obtained. The starting point is a Boltzmann-like kinetic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-04-22 J. Javier Brey , P. Maynar , M. I. García de Soria

We consider the non-relativistic quantum Boltzmann equation for fermions and bosons. Using the nonlinear energy method and mild formulation, we justify the global well-posedness when the density function is near the global Maxwellian and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Zhimeng Ouyang , Lei Wu

Using the Kadanoff-Baym non-equilibrium Green's function formalism, we derive kinetic equations for the non-condensate atoms at finite temperatures which include the effect of binary collisions between atoms. The effect of collisions is…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-08-23 Milena Imamovic-Tomasovic , Allan Griffin

In this paper, the Green function theory of quantum many-particle systems recently presented is reworked within the framework of nonextensive statistical mechanics with a new normalized $q$-expectation values. This reformulation introduces…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 E. K. Lenzi , R. S. Mendes , A. K. Rajagopal

We briefly review results on nonlinear kinetic equation of Boltzmann type which describe the evolution of wealth in a simple agents market. The mathematical structure of the underlying kinetic equations allows to use well-known techniques…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-05-28 Giuseppe Toscani

The paper deals with the generalization of both Boltzmann entropy and distribution in the light of most-probable interpretation of statistical equilibrium. The statistical analysis of the generalized entropy and distribution leads to some…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. G. Chakrabarti , Indranil Chakrabarty

The Boltzmann equation is a nonlinear partial differential equation that plays a central role in statistical mechanics. From the mathematical point of view, the existence of global smooth solutions for arbitrary initial data is an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-25 Cyril Imbert , Luis Silvestre

A nonlinear Lorentz invariant kinetic diffusion equation is introduced, which is consistent with the conservation laws of particles number, energy and momentum. The equilibrium solution converges to the Maxwellian density in the Newtonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-14 Simone Calogero

Boltzmann equation requires some alternative simpler kinetic model like BGK to replace the collision term. Such a kinetic model which replaces the Boltzmann collision integral should preserve the basic properties and characteristics of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-12-31 Ajit Kumar Mahendra , Ram Kumar Singh

A dilute gas of hard disks confined between two straight parallel lines is considered. The distance between the two boundaries is in between one and two particle diameters, so that the system is quasi-one-dimensional. A Boltzmann-like…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-13 M. Mayo , J. Javier Brey , M. I. García de Soria , P. Maynar