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Classical mechanics of nonspherical bodies. II. Boltzmann equation and H‐theorem in two dimensions

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Elskens, Yves Speiser, David [UCL]
Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Publication date 1982
Journal information "Journal of Mathematical Physics" - Vol. 23, no. 4, p. 547-551 (1982)
Publisher American Institute of Physics (College Park)
issn 0022-2488
e-issn 1089-7658
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL
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  1. D. Speiser, “Collision equation for asymmetric bodies in a plane,” Preprint UCL‐IPT‐79‐06, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1979.
  2. Y. Elskens and D. Speiser, “Classical mechanics of non‐spherical bodies. I. Binary collisions in two dimensions,” J. Math. Phys. 23, 539 (1982), previous paper.JMAPAQ0022-2488
  3. [Collected Papers, Vol. 6 (Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1938), p. 74].
  4. L. Boltzmann, Leçons sur la Théorie des Gaz, Vol. 2, translated by A. Gallotti and H. Bénard (Gauthier‐Villars, Paris, 1905).
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  10. C. F. Curtiss, “Kinetic theory of nonspherical molecules I,” J. Chem. Phys. 24, 225 (1955) and subsequent papers. We thank Professor G. Nicolis for drawing our attention to this work.JCPSA60021-9606
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  13. This view is consistent with the interpretation of f (S) as a probability distribution in the space of states. See J. H. Ferziger and H. G. Kaper, Mathematical Theory of Transport Processes in Gases (North‐Holland, Amsterdam, 1972), Chap. 3.
Bibliographic reference Elskens, Yves ; Speiser, David. Classical mechanics of nonspherical bodies. II. Boltzmann equation and H‐theorem in two dimensions. In: Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 23, no. 4, p. 547-551 (1982)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078/31324