Comment on the information theoretic derivation of non-equilibrium velocity distributions

R.  Nisbet; William Gurney

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.10.720

Comment on the information theoretic derivation of non-equilibrium velocity distributions

R. Nisbet, William Gurney

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Abstract

We discuss a recent information-theoretic description of heat transport in an ideal gas and show that if the local-equilibrium and near-equilibrium assumptions are valid, the Boltzmann-equation and information-theory approaches yield formally identical expressions for the distribution function. We discuss the differences in the interpretation of the two expressions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	720-723
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review A
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.10.720
Publication status	Published - Aug 1974

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heat transport
Boltzmann equation

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