Napier, Duncan G.; Shizgal, Bernie D. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 387 (2008) 16, pp. 4099-4118
The present paper considers the theoretical description of the propagation of sound waves in a one component monatomic gas. The interatomic potential is assumed to vary as the inverse fourth power of the interatomic separation, that is for so-called Maxwell molecules. The eigenvalues and...