Counterexamples of Boltzmann's equation
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v3
Abstract
To test kinetic theories, simple and practical setups are proposed. It turns out that these setups cannot be treated by Boltzmann's equation. An alternative method, called the path-integral approach, is then employed and a number of ready-for-verification results are obtained.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0608712,
title = {Counterexamples of Boltzmann's equation},
author = {C. Y. Chen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0608712},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
17 pages, 6 figures, theoretical analyses have been moved to appendixes