A diffusion limit for a test particle in a random distribution of scatterers (Q2511541)

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A diffusion limit for a test particle in a random distribution of scatterers
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    A diffusion limit for a test particle in a random distribution of scatterers (English)
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    6 August 2014
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    One considers the dynamics of a particle which moves in a random distribution of obstacles defined by a circular potential barrier, in the dimension two (which is more complicated than the dimension three), and the paper provides the limit when the scaling parameter tends to zero; result which is of physical interest in geometrical optics, for instance. The approach works essentially via scattering and elastic reflection.
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    circular potential barrier
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    geometrical optics
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    scattering problem
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