Chapman-Enskog expansion of the Boltzmann equation and its diagrammatic interpretation

Abstract

We perform a Chapman-Enskog expansion of the Boltzmann equation keeping up to quadratic contributions. We obtain a generalized nonlinear Kubo formula, and a set of integral equations which resum ladder and extended ladder diagrams. We show that these two equations have exactly the same structure, and thus provide a diagrammatic interpretation of the Chapman-Enskog expansion of the Boltzmann equation, up to quadratic order.

Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures in eps, talk given at XXXI International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, Sept 1-7, 2001, Datong China. URL http://ismd31.ccnu.edu.cn/