Comments on some aspects of Boltzmann H theorem using reversible molecular dynamics

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 735-749

  Romero Rochín, Victor ^a   González Tovar, Enrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Boltzmann H theorem; Grad limit; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642366374     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765542     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. D. Levesque and L. Verlet, J. Stat. Phys. 72:519 (1993).
2. L. Boltzmann. Lectures on Gas Theory (Dover, New York, 1995).
3. E.T. Jaynes, Phys. Rev. A 4:747 (1971).
4. H. Grad, Handbuch der Physik 12:205 (1958). Rigorous results for hard spheres on Grad limit can be found in O. E. Lanford III, Physica A 106:70 (1981).
5. H. Grad, Handbuch der Physik 12:205 (1958). Rigorous results for hard spheres on Grad limit can be found in O. E. Lanford III, Physica A 106:70 (1981).
6. This argument is also discussed in J. E. Lebowitz, Physica A 194:1 (1993).
7. We use essentially the FORTRAN program given by Levesque and Verlet in ref. 1. Our calculations were perfomed in a CRAY-YMP computer.
8. 1 2. σ and ε are the parameters of the Lennard-Jones potential, see Eq. (7). m is the mass of the particles.
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10. V. Romero-Rochín and E. González-Tovar, in preparation.