AMBER Archive (2001)

Subject: Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution of velocities

From: Marcela Madrid (mmadrid_at_psc.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 25 2001 - 14:23:08 CDT

Hi

According to classical statistics, the Maxwell Boltzmann
distribution of velocities is applicable to a classical system
of non-interacting particles (an ideal gas), does anybody know why is it
applicable
in the case of atoms in a molecule? thanks, Marcela