Fluctuating kinetic equation for a two-component Boltzmann gas
Abstract
We generalise a previously derived nonlinear fluctuating Boltzmann equation to two-component systems. We study the particular case of diffusion of one component in the other. For the simple example of brownian motion, a Langevin-Smoluchovsky equation is obtained.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- October 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0375-9601(79)90539-5
- Bibcode:
- 1979PhLA...73..298V
- Keywords:
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- Boltzmann Transport Equation;
- Brownian Movements;
- Gaseous Diffusion;
- Kinetic Equations;
- Nonlinear Equations;
- Fluctuation Theory;
- Gas Composition;
- Particle Collisions;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics