1994/04/29 by Scott Pratt, Wolfgang Bauer · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(94)91083-9
published as Phys.Lett. B329 (1994) 413-418 · 11 pages (LaTeX + RevTeX), 3 figures available as post script files. Michigan State University Preprint, to be published in Physics Letters B
arxiv created 1994/04/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The ability of semi-classical transport models to correctly simulate Pauli blocking and Bose enhancement is discussed. In the context of simple quantum mechanical systems, it is shown that using (1 ± f) enhancements is inadequate to describe systems far from equilibrium. The relaxation of (1 + f) descriptions toward equilibrium is studied both in the context of simple models, including a hot pion gas confined to a box. We give simple estimates for the characteristic number of collisions for a system to relax toward equilibrium.