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The Boltzmann-Landau transport equation

II. The transport coefficients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Arun K. Mitra  and
Sunanda Mitra
Arun K. Mitra
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas
Sunanda Mitra
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas
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Abstract

The linearized Boltzmann-Landau transport equation given in a previous paper with a non-symmetric Kernel has been formally solved and the solution has been used to calculate the coefficients of shear viscosity (η) and thermal conductivity (λ) up to first-order density corrections.

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Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 189 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1969

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