The quasi-equilibrium or maximum entropy approximation is applied in order to derive constitutive equations from kinetic models of polymer dynamics. It is shown in general and illustrated for an example how canonical distribution functions are obtained from the maximum entropy principle, how...

We present a kinetic theory for one-dimensional inhomogeneous systems with weak long-range interactions. Starting from the Klimontovich equation and using a quasilinear theory valid at order 1/N in a proper thermodynamic limit N→+∞, we obtain a closed kinetic equation describing the...

We study the evaporation of stars from globular clusters using the simplified Chandrasekhar model [S. Chandrasekhar, Dynamical friction. II. The rate of escape of stars from clusters and the evidence for the operation of dynamical friction, Astrophys. J. 97 (1943) 263]. This is an analytically...