Appendix B
Definite Integrals – Maxwellian Distribution Functions
Evaluation and values of definite integrals related to Maxwellian distribution functions
Source: Vincenti and Kruger (1965), Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics, New York: Wiley.
A definite integral that appears frequently in kinetic theory and statistical mechanics is the following:
where a > 0 and n is a nonnegative integer. Values of this integral for specific values of n are
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