The distribution of free path lengths in the periodic Lorentz gas and related lattice point problems (Q624926)
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The distribution of free path lengths in the periodic Lorentz gas and related lattice point problems (English)
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11 February 2011
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The distribution of the free path length in the periodic Lorentz gas was already investigated by \textit{G. Pólya}, who rephrased the problem in terms of the visibility in a (periodic) forest [Arch. d. Math. u. Phys. (3) 27, 135--142 (1918; JFM 46.0284.01)]. In this paper the authors establish a Markov property, and provide explicit formulas and asymptotic estimates for the limiting distribution.
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periodic Lorentz gas
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free path length
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Boltzmann-Grad limit
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