Irreversibility in the hard-spheres gas: H theorem and the Gibbs relation

D. Hubert

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1975, vol. 83, issue 3, 548-560

Abstract: An H-functional is suggested in terms of the single-particle distribution function governed by the Enskog kinetic equation. It is shown to be restricted to situations near the local equilibrium state. A generalized H-theorem valid for all initial situations is established from the point of view of a master equation for the hard-spheres gas. The thermodynamics of irreversible processes is then discussed in relation to the basic foundations of the kinetic theory of dense gases.

Date: 1975
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(75)90020-5

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