TITLE:
An Alternative Approach to Particle-Particle Collisions
AUTHORS:
C. Y. Chen
KEYWORDS:
Non-Equilibrium, Statistical Mechanics, Boltzmann Equation, Distribution Function, Discontinuity
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.6 No.6,
May
19,
2015
ABSTRACT: A new
alternative approach to the statistical behavior of particle-particle
collisions is introduced. The alternative approach is derived rigorously from
well known mechanical laws; and the results given by it, quantitatively and
qualitatively different from what the standard kinetic theory yields, can be
directly checked with computer-simulated or realistic experiments. More
importantly, from the introduction of it, a number of new concepts and new
methodologies emerge, which might turn out to be very significant to the future
development of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.