Maxwellian distribution in non-classical regime

Pirooz Mohazzabi, Shannon L. Helvey and Jeremy McCumber

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2002, vol. 316, issue 1, 314-322

Abstract: A molecular dynamics investigation shows that the assumption of molecular chaos remains valid in the non-classical regime. Consequently, the velocity distribution function of an extremely dense system of spinless particles relaxes into Maxwellian, even in the presence of arbitrary interactions between the particles of the system. Systems with densities exceeding 30 times solid densities are investigated using a soft Lennard-Jones interparticle potential energy function.

Keywords: Maxwell–Boltzmann; Molecular chaos; Lennard-Jones; Classical (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01020-8

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