The Maxwell distribution in the microcanonical ensemble

Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting

The Maxwell distribution in the microcanonical ensemble

  • Event time: 11:30am
  • Event date: 30th January 2007
  • Speaker: Lawrence Mitchell (Formerly School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
  • Location: Room 2511,

Event details

Reference: Ricardo Lopez-Ruiz, Xavier Calbet (2006) Why the Maxwellian Distribution is the Attractive Fixed Point of the Boltzmann Equation nlin.CD/0611044