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The second virial coefficient from the scattering operator in classical mechanics

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We prove a relation which is the classical analogue of the Beth-Uhlenbeck formula of quantum statistical mechanics.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica della Libera, Università di Trento, Italy

    A. Bassetto

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Italy

    A. Bassetto

  3. Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica della Libera, Università di Trento, Italy

    R. Soldati, M. Toller & S. Zerbini

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Bassetto, A., Soldati, R., Toller, M. et al. The second virial coefficient from the scattering operator in classical mechanics. Lett Math Phys 1, 401–405 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01793954

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