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The Boltzmann-Landau transport equation

II. The transport coefficients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Arun K. Mitra
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas
Sunanda Mitra
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas

Abstract

The linearized Boltzmann-Landau transport equation given in a previous paper with a non-symmetric Kernel has been formally solved and the solution has been used to calculate the coefficients of shear viscosity (η) and thermal conductivity (λ) up to first-order density corrections.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1969

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