Kinetic Theory of granular Gases provides an introduction to the
rapidly developing theory of dissipative gas dynamics as it has
been developed mainly during the past decade. The book is aimed at
readers from the advanced undergraduate level onwards and leads up
to the present state of research. The text is self-contained, in
the sense that no mathematical or physical knowledge is required
that goes beyond standard undergraduate physics courses. The
material is adequate for a one-semester course and contains chapter
summaries as well as exercises with detailed solutions. Special
emphasis is put on a microscopically consistent description of
pairwise particle collisions which leads to an impact-velocity
dependent coefficient of restitution. The description of the
many-particle system, based on the Boltzmann equation, starts with
the derivation of the velocity distribution function, followed by
the investigation of self-diffusion and Brownian motion. Using
hydrodynamical methods, transport processes and self-organized
structure formulation are studies. An appendix gives a brief
introduction to event-driven molecular dynamics. A second appendix
describes a novel mathematical technique for the derivation of the
kinetic properties which allows for the application of computer
algebra. The book is accompanied by a web page where the molecular
dynamics program as well as the computer-algebra programs are
provided.
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