The distribution of free path lengths in the periodic Lorentz gas and related lattice point problems

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2010.172.1949zbMATH Open1211.82011arXiv0706.4395OpenAlexW2963826015MaRDI QIDQ624926FDOQ624926

Authors: Jens Marklof, Andreas Strömbergsson 

Publication date: 11 February 2011

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The periodic Lorentz gas describes the dynamics of a point particle in a periodic array of spherical scatterers, and is one of the fundamental models for chaotic diffusion. In the present paper we investigate the Boltzmann-Grad limit, where the radius of each scatterer tends to zero, and prove the existence of a limiting distribution for the free path length of the periodic Lorentz gas. We also discuss related problems, such as the statistical distribution of directions of lattice points that are visible from a fixed position.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.4395

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zbMATH Keywords

Boltzmann-Grad limitfree path lengthperiodic Lorentz gas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Dynamical aspects of statistical mechanics (37A60) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Lattice points in specified regions (11P21) Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05)

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