Diffusion in a Periodic Lorentz Gas

DOI10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1959zbMath0974.82505MaRDI QIDQ2740916

Jonathan Machta, Robert Zwanzig

Publication date: 11 December 2001

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40)

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