Dynamical mechanisms leading to equilibration in two-component gases
Statistical Mechanics
2016-06-01 v1
Abstract
Demonstrating how microscopic dynamics cause large systems to approach thermal equilibrium remains an elusive, longstanding, and actively-pursued goal of statistical mechanics. We identify here a dynamical mechanism for thermalization in a general class of two-component dynamical Lorentz gases, and prove that each component, even when maintained in a non-equilibrium state itself, can drive the other to a thermal state with a well-defined effective temperature.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1601.01844,
title = {Dynamical mechanisms leading to equilibration in two-component gases},
author = {Stephan De Bièvre and Carlos Mejía-Monasterio and Paul E. Parris},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.01844},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures