The Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution describes the probability distribution of molecular speeds in a sample of an ideal gas. Introduced over 150 years ago, it is based on the work of Scottish physicist ...

An important question in statistical mechanics is how the energy of the whole many particle system distributes over the individual particles? Or in other words what are the energies of the individual ...

(1)Maxwell, in his article (Phill. Mag., 1860) “On the Collision of Elastic Spheres,” enunciates a very remarkable theorem, of primary importance in the kinetic theory of gases, to the effect that, in ...

Explore the Collective Motion of Humans in mosh pits, revealing surprising parallels to gas particles and the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. Are humans that different from gas particles? Not ...