Saturday, January 9, 2016

statistical mechanics - Boltzmann equation for a collisionless medium?


In the derivation of the Boltzmann equation (link to Wikipedia) for a collisionless gas it is assumed that: $$ f\left( \vec{r} + \frac{ \vec{p} }{m} \Delta t, \ \vec{p} + \vec{F} \Delta t, \ t + \Delta t \right) = f\left( \vec{r}, \vec{p}, t \right) $$


What is the reasoning for this expression.




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