Classical Evaluation of Averaged Collision Rates: Ehrenfest Theorem in Near Classical Collision Theory
- 15 February 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 56 (4), 1633-1637
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1677417
Abstract
The change in an observable due to collisions is written, using near classical collision theory, as a simple average over the initial internal state. For most observables of physical interest this average assumes the usual form of a classical phase average. The most valid means of characterizing the distribution of final states is in terms of its moments.Keywords
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