On the thermal relaxation of a dense gas described by the modified Enskog equation in a closed system in contact with a heat bath
arXiv:2305.11401
Abstract
The thermal relaxation of a dense gas described by the modified Enskog equation is studied for a closed system in contact with a heat bath. As in the case of the Boltzmann equation, the Helmholtz free energy that decreases monotonically in time is found under the conventional kinetic boundary condition that satisfies the Darrozes--Guiraud inequality. The extension to the modified Enskog--Vlasov equation is also presented.
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