An Alternative Approach to Particle-Particle Collisions

C. Y. Chen^*

Department of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2015.66082                

Abstract

A new alternative approach to the statistical behavior of particle-particle collisions is introduced. The alternative approach is derived rigorously from well known mechanical laws; and the results given by it, quantitatively and qualitatively different from what the standard kinetic theory yields, can be directly checked with computer-simulated or realistic experiments. More importantly, from the introduction of it, a number of new concepts and new methodologies emerge, which might turn out to be very significant to the future development of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.

Keywords

Non-Equilibrium, Statistical Mechanics, Boltzmann Equation, Distribution Function, Discontinuity

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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