On the Periodic Lorentz Gas and the Lorentz Kinetic Equation
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On the Periodic Lorentz Gas and the Lorentz Kinetic Equation
We prove that the Boltzmann-Grad limit of the Lorentz gas with periodic distribution of scatterers cannot be described with a linear Boltzmann equation. This is at variance with the case of a Poisson distribution of scatterers, for which the convergence to the linear Boltzmann equation was proved by Gallavotti [Phys. Rev. (2) 185, 308 (1969)]. The arguments presented here complete the analysis ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse Mathématiques
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0240-2963
DOI: 10.5802/afst.1200