scholarly journals Thermoelectric and Thermomagnetic Effects in Kaluza’s Kinetic Theory

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alma R. Sagaceta-Mejía ◽  
Alfredo Sandoval-Villalbazo ◽  
Ana L. García-Perciante
Keyword(s):  
Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Kinetic Theory ◽  
Electromagnetic Fields ◽  
Constitutive Equations ◽  
Charged Fluids ◽  
First Order ◽  
The Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Thermoelectric And Thermomagnetic Effects

AbstractA five-dimensional treatment of the Boltzmann equation is used to establish the constitutive equations that relate thermodynamic fluxes and forces up to first order in the gradients for simple charged fluids in the presence of electromagnetic fields. The formalism uses the

Boltzmann’s Kinetic Theory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sauro Succi
Keyword(s):  
Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Kinetic Theory ◽  
Statistical Physics ◽  
Neutron Transport ◽  
Condensed Matter ◽  
Relativistic Fluids ◽  
Classical Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Dilute Gas ◽  
Equilibrium Processes ◽  
The Boltzmann Equation

Kinetic theory is the branch of statistical physics dealing with the dynamics of non-equilibrium processes and their relaxation to thermodynamic equilibrium. Established by Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) in 1872, his eponymous equation stands as its mathematical cornerstone. Originally developed in the framework of dilute gas systems, the Boltzmann equation has spread its wings across many areas of modern statistical physics, including electron transport in semiconductors, neutron transport, quantum-relativistic fluids in condensed matter and even subnuclear plasmas. In this Chapter, a basic introduction to the Boltzmann equation in the context of classical statistical mechanics shall be provided.

scholarly journals The Chapman?Enskog Solution of the Boltzmann Equation: A Reformulation in Terms of Irreducible Tensors and Matrices

1967 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kallash Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Kinetic Theory ◽  
Harmonic Oscillator ◽  
Shell Model ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Collision Integral ◽  
Polar Coordinates ◽  
Irreducible Tensors ◽  
The Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Oscillator Shell

The Chapman-Enskog method of solving the Boltzmann equation is presented in a simpler and more efficient form. For this purpose all the operations involving the usual polynomials are carried out in spherical polar coordinates, and the Racah-Wigner methods of dealing with irreducible tensors are used throughout. The expressions for the collision integral and the associated bracket expressions of kinetic theory are derived in terms of Talmi coefficients, which have been extensively studied in the harmonic oscillator shell model of nuclear physics.

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