Moment closure of the relativistic Anderson and Witting model equation

C. Cercignani and G.M. Kremer

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2001, vol. 290, issue 1, 192-202

Abstract: It is shown that the closure of the model equation of Anderson and Witting by a moment method leads to transport coefficients of a relativistic gas which differ from those obtained by the usual Chapman and Enskog method. The transport coefficients obtained in the two closures coincide in the non-relativistic limiting case but depart from each other in the relativistic and ultra-relativistic regions.

Keywords: Kinetic theory; Relativity; Model equations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00403-9

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