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5 - The Dilute Lorentz Gas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2021

J. R. Dorfman
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park
Henk van Beijeren
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
T. R. Kirkpatrick
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park
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The Lorentz model consists of non-interacting, point particles moving among a collection of fixed scatterers of radius a, placed at random, with or without overlapping, at density n 6 in space. This model was designed to be, and serves as, a model for the motion of electrons in solids. The kinetic equation for the moving particles must be linear, and for low scatterers density, nad >> 1, it is the Lorentz-Boltzmann equation. If external fields are absent, the Chapman-Enskog method leads to the diffusion equation. For three dimensional systems with hard sphere scatterers, the Lorentz-Boltzmann equation can be solved exactly, and the range of validity of the Chapman-Enskog solution can be examined. Electrical conduction and magneto-transport can be studied for charged, moving particles. In both cases there are unexpected results. The Lorentz model with hard sphere scatterers is a chaotic system, and one can calculate Lyapunov exponents and related dynamical quantities.

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