On Kramers' general theory of Brownian motion

✍ Scribed by H.C. Brinkman

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1957
• Weight: 343 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0031-8914
• DOI: 10.1016/s0031-8914(57)90590-6

✦ Synopsis

Kramers' general theory of Brownian motion 1) based On a diffusion equation in phase space is discussed from the standpoint of statistical thermodynamics. It is concluded that for particles moving in a medium in equilibrium the restrictions imposed by the second law of thermodynamics limit I(ramers' diffusion equation to a slight generalisation of Einstein's theory of Brownian motion.