On the mean free path for a periodic array of spherical obstacles

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 1385-1407

  Dumas, H S ^a   Dumas, L ^b   Golse, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Continued fractions; Ergodization rate; Kinetic theory; Lorentz gas; Mean free path; Small divisors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030553482     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02183388     Document Type: Article

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