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Generation Of Non-Maxwell-Boltzmann Energy Distributions During Thermalization Of Interacting Baths, Roberto Onofrio, Bala Sundaram

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Dynamics Of Thermalization In Classical Three-Dimensional Many-Body Systems: Non-Maxwellian Distributions And The Role Of Anisotropic Trapping, Roberto Onofrio, Bala Sundaram

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The physics of interacting baths is of interest in a variety of contexts, ranging from ultracold atoms to ionized gases. While many features can already be captured in a one-dimensional model, others are speci c to the situation of two or three-dimensional systems. In this paper, we focus on three-dimensional features of a model for thermalization between two baths that we have explored in earlier publications. In contrast to the one-dimensional situation we show that, enroute to thermalization, deviations from the Maxwell-Boltzmann energy distributions more akin to  -distributions are observed. In three dimensions, these can be seen in changes at …

Questioning Reality: The Progressive Development Of Modern Physics, Joshua Lancman

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Humanity has a tendency to divide time. The past is distinct from the present which is entirely separate from the future. In supposedly 20-20 vision history is neatly divided into different sections, distinct eras with sharp lines between them. What is present and in the future is always modern. What is past is something else with another name.

Yet time is not divided so neatly. We know this living through it: years and decades blend into one another in a non-uniform progression. To divide human history into separate eras is a necessary simplification, as it helps to ascribe order onto …