The Rayleigh Model: Singular Transport Theory in One Dimension

We present a comprehensive account of the special ‘Rayleigh piston’ model for the spatial and velocity relaxation of an ensemble of labelled test-particles in a one-dimensional heat-bath of particles with identical mass. This model, originally formulated by Rayleigh in 1891 but since largely neglect...

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Published in:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 1982-06, Vol.305 (1490), p.383-440
Main Authors: Hoare, M. R., Raval, S., Rahman, Mizan
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