The distribution of the free path lengths in the periodic two-dimensional Lorentz gas in the small-scatterer limit

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 425-471

  Boca, Florin P ^a,b   Zaharescu, Alexandru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

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EID: 33845755341     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-006-0137-7     Document Type: Article

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