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In section 3.1 of Dodelson's "Modern Cosmology", after introducing the Boltzmann equation, in the second paragraph of page 60 the author states that:
"The first, most important realization is that scattering processes typically enforce kinetic equilibrium.
That is, scattering takes place so rapidly that the distributions of the various species take on the generic Bose-Einstein/Fermi-Dirac forms."
QESTIONS:
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"The first, most important realization is that scattering processes typically enforce kinetic equilibrium.
That is, scattering takes place so rapidly that the distributions of the various species take on the generic Bose-Einstein/Fermi-Dirac forms."
QESTIONS:
- What is the definition of kinetic equilibrium?
- When achieved, why does kinetic equilibrium it imply that the distributions take on the equilibrium forms?
- Why does scattering processes typically enforce kinetic equilibrium?
To the moderator: I first posted this post in the cosmology forum. However, since I got no replies there, I reposted it here. If you must delete one, delete the one in the cosmology forum,