Classical relativistic ideal gas in thermodynamic equilibrium in a uniformly accelerated reference frame

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/3/035004zbMATH Open1208.83048arXiv1012.3063OpenAlexW3102902308MaRDI QIDQ3079352FDOQ3079352

Authors: Domingo J. Louis-Martinez 

Publication date: 2 March 2011

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A classical (non-quantum-mechanical) relativistic ideal gas in thermodynamic equilibrium in a uniformly accelerated frame of reference is studied using Gibbs's microcanonical and grand canonical formulations of statistical mechanics. Using these methods explicit expressions for the particle, energy and entropy density distributions are obtained, which are found to be in agreement with the well known results of the relativistic formulation of Boltzmann's kinetic theory. Explicit expressions for the total entropy, total energy and rest mass of the gas are obtained. The position of the center of mass of the gas in equilibrium is found. The non-relativistic and ultrarelativistic approximations are also considered. The phase space volume of the system is calculated explicitly in the ultrarelativistic approximation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3063

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to physics (62P35) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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