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THE relaxation of systems of gaseous oscillators and the related process of non-equilibrium chemical reaction have recently received detailed consideration. However, while satisfactory formal theories have been presented both for the quantum1–4 and classical5,6 cases, little progress has been made in formulating the detailed transition probabilities which control the time evolution of these systems, and little can be expected in view of the extraordinarily complex nature of the collision process.
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HOARE, M. Fundamental Relaxation of Classical Oscillators. Nature 192, 63–64 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192063a0
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