Dynamical mechanisms leading to equilibration in two-component gases

De Bievre, Stephan; Mejia-Monasterio, Carlos; E. Parris, Paul

Document type :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1103/PhysRevE.93.050103

Title :

Dynamical mechanisms leading to equilibration in two-component gases

Author(s) :

De Bievre, Stephan [Auteur]

Université de Lille
Quantitative methods for stochastic models in physics [MEPHYSTO]
Mejia-Monasterio, Carlos [Auteur]
E. Parris, Paul [Auteur]
Missouri University of Science and Technology [Missouri S&T]

Journal title :

Physical Review E

Publisher :

American Physical Society (APS)

Publication date :

2016-05-23

ISSN :

2470-0045

HAL domain(s) :

Physique [physics]
Mathématiques [math]

English abstract : [en]

Demonstrating how microscopic dynamics cause large systems to approach thermal equilibrium remains an elusive, longstanding, and actively-pursued goal of statistical mechanics. We identify here a dynamical mechanism for ...
Show more >Demonstrating how microscopic dynamics cause large systems to approach thermal equilibrium remains an elusive, longstanding, and actively-pursued goal of statistical mechanics. We identify here a dynamical mechanism for thermalization in a general class of two-component dynamical Lorentz gases, and prove that each component, even when maintained in a non-equilibrium state itself, can drive the other to a thermal state with a well-defined effective temperature.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

ANR Project :

Centre Européen pour les Mathématiques, la Physique et leurs Interactions

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