ISSN:
0044-2275
Keywords:
Key words. Inhomogenous gas mixtures, nonlinear dynamics, particle trajectories.
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract. In this paper the nonlinear integro-partial differential Boltzmann equation, governing the 3-D spatially inhomogeneous time-dependent distribution function $ f (\bar{x}, \bar{v},t)$ of certain test particles, diffusing from a localized source into a bath of certain other field particles, is shown to be convertible - upon a stochastic modeling of the physics of the collisional events - into a nonlinear hyperbolic-functional PDE for the number density $ \rho (\bar{x},t) = \int _{R_3}f(\bar{x},\bar{v},t)d\bar{v}.$ An appropriate decomposition of f and $\rho$ leads to a new strategy for the solution of the relevant Cauchy problem, and for a more comprehensive picture of the diffusion process of the test particles considered. Implications with the classical moment method are made evident.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00001495
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