Equilibrium relativistic mass distribution

L Burakovsky and L.p Horwitz

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1993, vol. 201, issue 4, 666-679

Abstract: The relativistic Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution for a system of N events with motion in space-time parametrized by an invariant “historical time” τ is considered without the simplifying approximation m2 ≅ M2, where M is a given intrinsic property of the events. The relativistic mass distribution is obtained and the average values of m and m2 are calculated. The average value of the energy in nonrelativistic limit gives a correction of the order of 10% to the Dulong-Petit law. Expressions for the pressure and the density of events are obtained and the ideal gas law is recovered.

Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(93)90135-Q

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