Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and Definitions
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- 1 Basic Concepts
- 2 Kinetic Equation
- 3 Averaging
- 4 Conservation Laws and Equilibrium
- 5 Relativistic BBGKY Hierarchy
- 6 Basic Parameters in Gases and Plasmas
- Part II Numerical Methods
- Part III Applications
- Appendix A Hydrodynamic Equations in Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates
- Appendix B Collision Integrals in Electron-Positron Plasma
- Appendix C Collision Integrals for Weak Interactions
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Kinetic Equation
from Part I - Theoretical Foundations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 March 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and Definitions
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- 1 Basic Concepts
- 2 Kinetic Equation
- 3 Averaging
- 4 Conservation Laws and Equilibrium
- 5 Relativistic BBGKY Hierarchy
- 6 Basic Parameters in Gases and Plasmas
- Part II Numerical Methods
- Part III Applications
- Appendix A Hydrodynamic Equations in Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates
- Appendix B Collision Integrals in Electron-Positron Plasma
- Appendix C Collision Integrals for Weak Interactions
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Relativistic Kinetic TheoryWith Applications in Astrophysics and Cosmology, pp. 16 - 25Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017