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Journal Articles Physical Review E Year : 2016

Dynamical mechanisms leading to equilibration in two-component gases

Stephan de Bievre
Carlos Mejia-Monasterio
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Parris P.E.
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Abstract

Demonstrating how microscopic dynamics cause large systems to approach thermal equilibrium remains an elusive, longstanding, and actively-pursued goal of statistical mechanics. We identify here a dynamical mechanism for thermalization in a general class of two-component dynamical Lorentz gases, and prove that each component, even when maintained in a non-equilibrium state itself, can drive the other to a thermal state with a well-defined effective temperature.

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hal-01408537 , version 1 (05-12-2016)

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Stephan de Bievre, Carlos Mejia-Monasterio, Parris P.E.. Dynamical mechanisms leading to equilibration in two-component gases. Physical Review E , 2016, ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.93.050103⟩. ⟨hal-01408537⟩
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