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This is a dynamical equation for the time-evolution of $\rho(t,\vec p,\vec q)$ that follows when the flow of the probability density $\rho(t,\vec p,\vec q)$ is incompressible, i.e. $\frac{\partial \rho }{\partial t}= 0$. | This is a dynamical equation for the time-evolution of $\rho(t,\vec p,\vec q)$ that follows when the flow of the probability density $\rho(t,\vec p,\vec q)$ is incompressible, i.e. $\frac{\partial \rho }{\partial t}= 0$. | ||
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+ | Take note that Liouville's theorem can be violated by any of the following: | ||
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+ | * sources or sinks of particles; | ||
+ | * existence of collisional, dissipative, or other forces causing $\nabla_{\mathbf{p}}$ $\cdot$ $\mathbf{F}$ $\neq$ 0; | ||
+ | * boundaries which lead to particle trapping or exclusion, so that only parts of a distribution can be mapped from one point to another; | ||
+ | * spatial inhomogeneities that lead to velocity filtering (e.g., particle drift velocities that prevent particles with smaller velocities from reaching the location they would have reached had they not drifted); | ||
+ | * temporal variability at source or elsewhere which leads to non-simultaneous observation of oppositely-directed trajectories; | ||
+ | * etc. [_Paschmann and Daly_ 1998]. | ||
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