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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

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