The Boltzmann-Grad Limit for the Lorentz Gas with a Poisson Distribution of Obstacles

Autor: Golse, François
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Zdroj: Kinetic and Related Models 2022
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.3934/krm.2022001
Popis: In this note, we propose a slightly different proof of Gallavotti's theorem ["Statistical Mechanics: A Short Treatise", Springer, 1999, pp. 48--55] on the derivation of the linear Boltzmann equation for the Lorentz gas with a Poisson distribution of obstacles in the Boltzmann-Grad limit.
Comment: 18 pages
Databáze: arXiv