Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Nomenclature
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Boltzmann Equation 1: Fundamentals
- 3 The Boltzmann Equation 2: Fluid Dynamics
- 4 Transport in Dilute Gas Mixtures
- 5 The Dilute Lorentz Gas
- 6 Basic Tools of Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics
- 7 Enskog Theory: Dense Hard-Sphere Systems
- 8 The Boltzmann–Langevin Equation
- 9 Granular Gases
- 10 Quantum Gases
- 11 Cluster Expansions
- 12 Divergences, Resummations, and Logarithms
- 13 Long-Time Tails
- 14 Transport in Nonequilibrium Steady States
- 15 What’s Next
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - The Dilute Lorentz Gas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 June 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Nomenclature
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Boltzmann Equation 1: Fundamentals
- 3 The Boltzmann Equation 2: Fluid Dynamics
- 4 Transport in Dilute Gas Mixtures
- 5 The Dilute Lorentz Gas
- 6 Basic Tools of Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics
- 7 Enskog Theory: Dense Hard-Sphere Systems
- 8 The Boltzmann–Langevin Equation
- 9 Granular Gases
- 10 Quantum Gases
- 11 Cluster Expansions
- 12 Divergences, Resummations, and Logarithms
- 13 Long-Time Tails
- 14 Transport in Nonequilibrium Steady States
- 15 What’s Next
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
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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- Contemporary Kinetic Theory of Matter , pp. 149 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021