Mean-field Model beyond Boltzmann-Enskog Picture for Dense Gases

2008/06/27 by Santosh Ansumali, Ansumali, Santosh
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.stat-mech

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0806.4479

arxiv created 2008/06/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

I propose an extension to Boltzmann BGK equation for Hard Spheres. The present model has an H-theorem and it allows choice of Prandtl number as an independent parameter. I show that similar to Enskog equation this equation can reproduce dynamics of hard spheres in dense systems.

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